ASkepticRTN

In response to the Christmas invitation from Pope Francis to pray for world peace, some atheists suggest the religious stop praying and stop killing one another.

The recent refusal by the Alberta Human Rights Commission to hear the complaint of parents wishing for a non-religious education for their children, demonstrates the hypocrisy of the Commission and Alberta's controversial Bill 44.

Dumbing Down the Public Understanding of Heath Risks. That's what the CBC's The National achieves in promoting the National Film Board of Canada film, Pink Ribbons Inc., a near mindless piece of conspiracy theory nonsense.

In defending the Mayor of Sanguenay, Quebec, Calgary Herald columnist Naomi Lakritz accused everyone disagreeing with her position of being a bigot. Evidently. there are a lot of bigots out there - most of them defending human rights.

The original paper proposing a link between autism and the MMR vaccine has long since been discredited on a scientific basis. Now, the British Medical Journal (BMJ) accuses the report's primary author of deliberate fraud.

Oprah, the mega star and media Goliath of self help nonsense is at it again. Well, let’s face it, she is always at it. This time, however, those buying into the Oprah hype could very well end up dead.

Pastor Jones wants to burn books calling the Qur'an hate filled. He's probably right. Of course, you could say the same thing about the Bible. With believers back to to accusing each other of crimes against god, it's a good time to be an atheist.

University of Bristol researchers appear more adept at self-promotion than science. Combine this with a gullible media and you get a sensationalized story that has about as much science in it as your average fairy tale.

Valerie Berenyi of the Calgary Herald believes graphology is a science and is left speechless after having her handwriting analyzed. The only thing that should leave anyone speechless is that there still are such profoundly gullible people around.

The recent INTERPHONE study seems to be more about sucking additional research funds from the public trough rather than doing real science.