by J. Jerrald Hayes | Nov 15, 2022 | Alternative Medicine, Pseudoscience
Modern Reflexology: Still As Bogus As Pre-Modern Reflexology | Science-Based Medicine Reflexology is an alternative medicine system that claims to treat internal organs by pressing on designated spots on the feet and hands; there is no anatomical connection between...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Aug 16, 2022 | • Politics, Donald Trump
I think the only policydecision or group of policy devcisions Trump made that I am okay with are the refocusing of the military budget towards the threats from Russia and China. …As a result, the military is changing how it trains personnel, which technologies...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jul 19, 2022 | Science, Science Denial
These 4 Factors Can Explain Why So Many People Are Rejecting Science Distrust of science is a massive problem. In our current environment, it’s directly leading to people’s deaths. Much of the misinformation we face is intentional and organized, and even...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jun 10, 2022 | • Politics, Domestic Terrorism, Donald Trump
Here’s how Fox and Newsmax tried to spin the January 6 committee’s first prime-time hearing A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources”...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jun 4, 2022 | • Politics, Guns & The 2nd Amendment
Perspective | Gun-rights activists remade the Second Amendment over past 40 years Placeholder while article actions load The Second Amendment looms large in the grim ritual that follows mass shootings like the massacre at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Tex. Conservatives...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | May 15, 2022 | • Politics, Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality
The National Debt and Other Red Herrings | Real Progressives Discussions of inflation are often laden with an air of superstition and moral panic. Like all such things they can only persist in the face of misunderstanding and rumor....
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Feb 28, 2022 | Alternative Medicine, Pseudoscience, Scams
So I was speaking with an acquaintance/friend and she made some pretty sensational wild recommendations to me about my health and I ask her: “Says who?… Where id you learn that?” So be a natuaral skeptic as soon as the conversation was over I went...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Feb 26, 2022 | • Politics, World
I am trying to learn as much as I can about the Ukraine crisis,…it’s complicated for sure. Russia’s at war with Ukraine. Here’s how we got here As Russian forces begin an all-out assault on Ukraine after months of troop buildup and failed...
