Harpocrates Speaks

I know I've been rather quiet, with no new posts in almost a year. Frankly, I got rather burned out dealing with the ignorance and vitri...

Arrr. Ahoy there, mateys! It be Talk Like a Pirate Day . Time t' hoist the jolie rouge. Avast, ye wee creepies, for ye'll have no qu...

Click to enlarge. Summer is very nearly over in the Northern hemisphere. Fall and winter creep ever closer. As the temperatures drop, we...

Back to school time. Show your child you care about their health. Image Source: South Florida Caribbean News Note: see update at the en...

Cinema Libre Founder and CEO, Philippe Diaz Source: Cinema Libre Studio Apparently, Philippe Diaz, founder, president, and CEO of Cinem...

Photo: Facebook/ Prayers for Ezekiel When two people become parents, they take on a responsibility to care for and do what is best for t...

There are quite a number of things that people take for granted today, regarding their health, at least in developed nations, like the U...

May 13-15 marked the eighth annual Northeast Conference on Science and Skepticism (NECSS). This was the sixth time I've attended, thoug...

This post originally appeared at The Scientific Parent blog on 4/13/16 . Medical child abuse can be thought of as the flip side of medica...

This post originally appeared at The Scientific Parent blog on 4/12/16 . Recently, I wrote about the case of Justina Pelletier, whose par...