Archive - Skeptic

Scientific American Goes Woke

A case study in how identity politics poisons science

Nov 17, 2021 •

Michael Shermer

Why I Am Not a Christian

A response to Ayaan Hirsi Ali's declaration "Why I am Now a Christian"

Nov 12, 2023 •

Michael Shermer

Why I Am No Longer Woke

The woke vision of human nature as a blank slate is ultimately why it is a flawed ideological and failed political movement, Part I

Dec 4, 2024 •

Michael Shermer

What is a Woman, Anyway?

Fuzzy Sets, Family Resemblances, and Conceptual Truths

Jul 8, 2022 •

Michael Shermer

Wokeness Poisons Science

Part II of my series on why I am no longer woke

Dec 21, 2024 •

Michael Shermer

The Shroud of Turin

The History and Legends of the World’s Most Famous Relic, by Andrea Nicolotti

Jun 2, 2024 •

Michael Shermer

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, Redux—WPATH Edition

Leaked documents from World Professional Association for Transgender Health practitioners reveal a medical profession in the grips of an ideology-driven…

Mar 7, 2024 •

Michael Shermer

Moral Equivalency and its Discontents

Hamas and Israel are not equivalent—that should be obvious, but it's not for many on the far Left who have lost their moral conscience and compass

Oct 12, 2023 •

Michael Shermer

Tucker Carlson, Professional Bullshitter

The popular podcast host promotes a pseudo-historian who says Hitler was a misunderstood peacemaker and the Holocaust needs revising.

Sep 6, 2024 •

Michael Shermer

Puberty is a performance enhancing drug. When Male-to-Female trans athletes like collegiate swimmer Lia Thomas compete and win against biological…

Mar 19, 2022 •

Michael Shermer

After 3,000 years of anti-Semitic hatred, pogroms, genocides, and a Holocaust that nearly exterminated the Jews, how can anyone fault Israel and the…

Oct 7, 2024 •

Michael Shermer

Guest columnist Katherine Stewart on the conservative Heritage Foundation's plan for restructuring the entire federal government

Sep 21, 2024 •

Michael Shermer

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