What used to be known as skeptical blogging has lost the skepticism and gained a lot of tabloid style drama and cultural think pieces.

Pope Ratzinger is giving up his post. This is by far the best and only morally correct thing he did as pope.

Muslim hardliners are zealots are trying to break down the Saudi wall between religion and business. And this is bad news for its economy and Westerners visiting the country.

Guns don't keep countries free, voters do if there are any, according to a study of virtually every country on Earth.

Elevatorgate was an incident worth talking about and what it means for the future of skeptical conferences. Watson turned it into a personal brand instead.

In an effort to cater to religious fundamentalists in its ranks, the Israeli Defense Force is letting religious sexism compromise battle readiness.

Dinesh D'Souza, the kind of offensive and intellectually lazy statements has somehow gotten even lazier and more offensive.

With trolls running people offline and blog feuds reaching a fever pitch, the skeptical blogosphere is spiraling out of control.

Betting on tax cuts to boost the economy in the age of automation and outsourcing doesn't make sense. Yet the GOP holds on to voodoo economics with religious zeal.

Celebrity-driven organized skepticism is becoming a loud, partisan, and political disaster.

Christian zealots in Missouri vote to create a right they've always had just to sneak in a way to stop teaching their kids about evolution, sex, and cosmology.

Carbon taxes may prompt companies and people to switch to cleaner. But incentives, rather than punishments, may be a better approach.

Two afflictions shared by a majority of the public are dragging down our advancements as a civilization and a species.

Pundits are hailing Pat Robertson's hateful tirade against atheists after an attack on a Sikh temple as a step forward in inter-faith relations. That's both telling and disturbing.

Companies are becoming so unreasonably picky that management experts and consultants are alarmed. Potential employees should be too.