by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jul 8, 2019 | • Politics, Donald Trump
How Hitler’s Rise to Power Explains Why Republicans Accept Donald Trump A possibly unfair image of Donald Trump. Photo: Rhona Wise/AFP/Getty Images To watch Donald Trump rant and rave uncontrollably on the stump and on Twitter – praising Saddam Hussein for...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jul 2, 2019 | Critical Thinking, Global Warming Denial, Science Denial
Yes, it’s worth arguing with science deniers – and here are some techniques you can use The growing stream of reporting on and data about fake news, misinformation, partisan content, and news literacy is hard to keep up with. This weekly roundup offers the...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jun 23, 2019 | • Politics, Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality
Forget China – it’s America’s own economic system that’s broken | Robert Reich US weakness is inbuilt – the big 500 companies owe loyalty only to themselves and the public is shut out from...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jun 22, 2019 | Science
A really good level headed scientific look at wildlife in and around the exclusion zone at Chernobyl. Meet the extreme new wildlife of Chernobyl Chernobyl is the site of the worst nuclear power plant disaster in history. The explosion, subsequent fire, and radiation...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jun 17, 2019 | Climate Change & Global Warming, Global Warming Denial, Science Denial
Theory, Hypothesis, And Law – Debunking A Climate Change Contrarian Tactic According to CNN meteorologist Brandon Miller, “Over 40% of Greenland experienced melting yesterday, with total ice loss estimated to be more than 2 gigatons (a gigaton is equal to...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jun 10, 2019 | Energy, Science, Science Denial, Skepticism
Why HBO’s “Chernobyl” Gets Nuclear So Wrong Since the start of HBO’s mini-series about the 1986 nuclear disaster, “Chernobyl,” journalists have praised the series for getting the facts of the event right, even if its creators took...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jun 10, 2019 | Critical Thinking, Pseudoscience, Skepticism
A well-produced video claiming what food is fake or real continues to spread online, even though some of the claims are fake At first sight, it looks like any other drool-inducing food video that you can find on Facebook. Only this time, the viral video promises to...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jun 9, 2019 | Alternative Medicine, Pseudoscience
The New Infowars Is a Vitamin Site Predicting the Apocalypse The headline warned of “LGBT progressivism horrors: Parents to start physically maiming their own babies to slice off all ‘gender’ organs in the name of progressivism and...
