Seen on the discussion boards of that other repository of antivaccinationist wingnuttery (other than The Huffington Post), Mothering.com, a commenter by the ‘nym of naupakamama exults over the possible appointment of antivaccine wingnut Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to run the Environmental Protection Agency: We could have a strong anti-vaccine voice leading the EPA! I am […]
Geez, it’s getting ugly. When FOX News reports this about Palin, you know she was bad: Of course, it’s possible, even likely, that McCain campaign staffers are trying to make Palin the scapegoat for the failure of their candidate and them, but there’s abundant other evidence that Palin was pretty ignorant about a great many […]
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As I’ve said before many times, herbal or plant-based medicines are about the only kind of “alternative” medicine that has significant prior scientific plausibility based on what we know about science. That’s because plants often contain biologically active molecules; i.e., they often contain drugs. Of course, the problem with plant-based medicines is that they are, […]
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Yesterday, I wrote about a very disturbing development (disturbing, at least, to the science-based community) in the transition to an Obama Administration. That disturbing development is the multiple reports that antivaccine crank Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is being seriously considered to head the Environmental Protection Agency or even the Department of the Interior. Given RFK, […]
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Unbelievable. It really is. It’s simply amazing that The Skeptics’ Circle has been around so long. It’s been around so long that we’re already up to the 99th Meeting of the Skeptics’ Circle over at Ferret’s Cage. The new generation of skepticism has landed with a great addition to the lore of the Skeptics’ Circle. […]
