Beyond Sticks and Stones | Vol. 3 / No. 14.4
One of the founding elements of my being is my belief that words matter. If I didn’t believe that then I wouldn’t study literature, and I wouldn’t get angry on the internet every week. As […]
Month: February 2016
“Two May Keep Counsel When the Third’s Away,” but a Thousand? | Vol. 3 / No. 14.3
“Two may keep counsel when the third’s away.” So says the villainous Aaron in Shakespeare’s bloody Titus Andronicus, before offing a nurse to preserve his great secret: that the Empress’s new son is his. The surest […]
Calling Calories “Broken” Is Overstating the Case | Vol. 3 / No. 14.2
“The calorie is broken—and this is why,” says the subheading, in a kind of mantra that’s spreading every day on the internet. Here’s the thing: people have been told over and over that to lose […]
The Sweigart Report: Don’t Listen to Deepak | Vol. 3 / No. 14.1
Common visitors to the Skeptic Blogosphere will know, as I do, that pretty much anything that comes out of Deepak Chopra’s mouth becomes instantly suspect because of its source. He’s said so many wrong, crazy, […]