The Gadfly

The SkepDoc

You may have noticed that children seem to spend a

Claims About a Government “UFO Program”

For more than two years an organization called To The

Ptolemy Revisited

The idea of a heliocentric solar system is most famously

Religious Intolerance, Witchcraft, Superstition, and Underdevelopment in Africa

Africa is a melting pot of different religions. Its

Ark of Absurdities

Conflict between science and religion remains widely

Giving the Devil His Due

In 2015 I was tasked with giving a speech at the California

The Mystery of Göbekli Tepe: A New Chapter in History

Göbekli Tepe in southeastern Turkey is one of the most

What’s to be Gained Through Rationality?

Science can, if it chooses, enable our grandchildren

Where and Why Science and Religion Conflict

More than two decades ago Stephen Jay Gould famously

Bullshit and its Detection

The Conditions Under Which Common, Everyday Bullshit is Most Likely to Emerge

MKULTRA: The CIA’s Shadowlands

A review of Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control by Stephen Kinzer

Who Watches the Watchers’ Watchers?

A Review of Conspiracy Theories & The People Who Believe Them, edited by Joseph E. Uscinski

Why Estrogen Matters

A Review of Estrogen Matters: Why Taking Hormones in Menopause Can Improve Women’s Well-Being and Lengthen Their Lives-Without Raising the Risk of Breast Cancer by Avrum Bluming and Carol Tavris

THE HOWLING HORROR OF WEREWOLVES!

Werewolves are best known today as classic movie monsters.