Archive for the 'Skepticism'

Former U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, the mother of disgraced felon and former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and herself simultaneously one of the dumbest and most corrupt members of Congress ever sent from Michigan, is being paid to take part in a dog and pony show to publicize a documentary claiming that aliens have visited the earth. Read more

For any thinking person, there are bound to be a handful of books that had such a powerful impact on them that they have returned to them again and again throughout their lives. I thought it would be interesting to hear what books my readers would identify for them, so I’ll start by reposting something I wrote a few years ago on the subject at my old blog, with a few updates. Read more

Remember that family of psychics in Florida who were arrested and charged with defrauding clients to the tune of $25 million? 8 of the 9 members of the family have now admitted to the fraud and pleaded guilty, leaving only the matriarch of the family refusing to do so. Read more

I’ve written before about how amusing it is to get emails from PR agents for publishers and authors who are just sure that I’m going to love their latest book of Christian inspiration or some such rot. The latest is from Random House, offering me a book from their Deepak Chopra Books imprint. You’re gonna love this one: Read more

Within 24 hours of Cardinal Jorge Mari0 Bergoglio being named pope, I started seeing people sharing what was alleged to be a quote from him declaring that women were unfit for…well, almost everything other than being led around and told what to do by men. The “quote” that flew around Facebook among the ostensible skeptics: Read more