Huffington Post Needs to be Challenged

The Huffington Post, a liberal blog/online newspaper, has up until recently been relatively ok.   However, as mentioned over at Bad Astronomy, it has been a haven for Antivaxxer nut jobs.   They have given room to Jim Carrey, the funny guy who’s movies suck unless he is trying not to be funny, RFK Jr, who is [...]

Statistics Prove Link Between Candidacy and Insanity

Well, not really, but the news today concerning the presidential candidates and vaccine denialism goes a long way toward that conclusion.
McCain jumped on the band wagon a while back, and we really can’t be surprised considering he had already come out against evolution and loves popular issues like a hyena loves corpses.
However both Democratic candidates [...]

Moral Dilemmas in Teaching Anthropology

First, let me say that I am not a cultural anthropologist or ethnographers, I have taken some classes in cultural anthropology in the past, but I am an archaeologist at present.
This semester, I am assigned to a class on medical anthropology, and in some respects it could be an interesting and productive experience.   I [...]