I generally don’t resort to name-calling as a matter of principle, but sometimes we are confronted with such a level of ignorance that it seems necessary to express the criticism at a level commensurate with the source of the idiocy.…

People are terrible at risk assessment. They commonly overestimate the risk based on factors that have nothing to do with the issue. Studies have shown people are more motivated by unreasonable fear or peer pressure to see risk in some…

Most of us are familiar with the famous lists kept by Santa Claus. As children, we strive to be on the nice list. As the hormones of puberty arise, we respond to our new-found sexuality. We live in hope that those…