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...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jun 9, 2019 | Critical Thinking
Not Liberal, Just Literate Hemant Mehta drew attention to an article in the Star Tribune about meteorologist Paul Douglas, who is an Evangelical Christian and wants to persuade his fellow Christians to accept the evidence for climate...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jun 7, 2019 | Critical Thinking, Science, Science Denial, Skepticism
This is a great, really great article! We’ve Lost Sight Of The Most Important Rule In Debating Science It was almost 100 years ago that the most famous debate in science history took place. The topic up for consideration was the nature of the spiral objects in...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jun 2, 2019 | Agriculture, GMOs, Pseudoscience, Science
Sadly science lost some ground here to some anti-science special interests on this one. Safe Or Scary? The Shifting Reputation Of Glyphosate, AKA Roundup John Draper and I are sitting in the cab of a tractor on the research farm he manages for the University of...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jun 2, 2019 | • Politics, Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality
Incompetent, rich people are more likely to get ahead than smart people with no money By In the course of her career and research into workplace behavior, Nicole Jones Young has noticed that some managers recognize the work of the loudest, most confident and,...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jun 1, 2019 | • Politics, Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality, Jobs
The article is from the summer of 2015 but geez it is still relevant today in 2019! Raising the Minimum Wage is only the Beginning… If you want to tackle poverty; but first lets discuss what raising the minimum wage would do. Low income workers spend the...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | May 27, 2019 | • Politics, Religion
America Is Not A Christian Nation And Never Has Been The founding fathers’ religion wasn’t always worn on their sleeves. Looking back, it’s quite difficult to tell where some of our nation’s great leaders fell on the religious scale. Deism was...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | May 25, 2019 | • Politics
A very smart, I’ll say brilliant person… Kat Taylor, Tom Steyer’s Wife: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know Tom Steyer is a billionaire hedge fund manager and a leading donor to Democratic and liberal causes. Steyer has also spent millions of dollars on a...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | May 25, 2019 | • Politics, Donald Trump
A Page-By-Page Guide To The Redacted Mueller Report | Rantt History is being written before our eyes. A redacted version of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s 448-page report was released at 11 am on Thursday. #MuellerReport trended number one on Twitter worldwide...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | May 21, 2019 | Agriculture, Critical Thinking, GMOs, Science
Glyphosate can cure cancer? Yes, some research ‘shows’ that – but what does it mean? And what does it say about Roundup doomsday claims? Now that three juries have said Bayer’s weed killer Roundup (glyphosate) causes cancer, many people believe...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | May 13, 2019 | • Politics, Donald Trump
Opinion | Trump has no idea what he’s doing The thing to keep in mind about President Trump, as he thrashes around like a weak swimmer in a strong current, is that he has no idea what he’s doing. None. Not a clue. I know that he can be clever politically,...
