Posts by D. H. McKee

The 10 best ghost stories in Wales

Wales is arguably the most haunted country in the world, say Richard Holland, the author of a new book called...

Revenge not so Sweet

On our humble little planet, a long time ago, medieval thinkers whiled away entire lifetimes in earnest debate over how...

Message from Abroad

Got this email from my Dad. He sent it from an internet cafe (of all things). He and my mom...

The Evolution of Creationism

The latest struggle over the teaching of evolution in the public schools of Kansas provides striking evidence that evolution is...

Conservative Stronach joins Liberals

Belinda Stronach, who ran for the leadership of the Conservative party in early 2004, has crossed the floor to the...

Belief in sex-mad demon test nerves in Zanzibar

Mohammed Juma starts to sweat and fidget as he recalls his rape by Popo Bawa, the most feared spirit-monster of...

The minds boggle: Reviews of “What the Bleep Do We Know!?”

Some pretty interesting reviews/comments of “What the Bleep Do We Know!?”: ‘This film is even more pretentious than it is...

9/11 Conspiracies

Interesting commentary by John Rennie on a skeptic column appearing in the upcoming issue of SciAm: “But apparently somebody within...

Urban Legend: President Eisenhower said “a few Texas oil millionaires” wanted to “abolish social security.”

Status: True. One favorite tactic in political debate is to put words in the mouth of a respected elder statesmen...

Notice for Liquor Licence Application: Mos Eisley Cantina

Spent much of the evening playing JK2 while R sat beside me and played Tropico2. Here’s my reasoning: George Lucas...