Theroguesgallery - theroguesgallery.org - The Rogues Gallery
General Information:
Latest News:
Remembering Perry DeAngelis Today 19 Aug 2013 | 09:04 pm
As far as I am concerned, there is only one event that has happened on this date in skeptical history. On August 19, 2007, Perry DeAngelis succumbed to his decade-long struggle with Scleroderma, an au...
The Sailing Stones of Death Valley: An Overdue Correction 12 Aug 2013 | 05:53 pm
At TAM 2013 last month, I presented a news article (courtesy of The Weather Channel’s website) which told of a long-standing mystery that had “finally” been solved. However, it appears I presented an ...
UnWarrented: The “Possessed” Raggedy Ann Doll 5 Aug 2013 | 04:30 pm
I have not seen The Conjuring, yet. Not sure I ever will. I might leave it on when I’m mindlessly clicking around the HBO stations on television in about 5-6 months, so I might eventually get around ...
Trillions And Trillions 9 Dec 2012 | 08:57 pm
It is being reported by The Washington Post (among others) that President Barack Obama could order two platinum coins to be minted, each with a designated value of one trillion dollars. That’s $1,000...
Hollywood … Low-Hanging Fruit 3 Dec 2012 | 08:18 pm
To a skeptic, Hollywood is like a candy store. The most cursory of internet searches will reveal that the culture of Hollywood is infused with paranormal beliefs. As part of my never-ending SGU show p...
How Now Brown 1 Dec 2012 | 10:03 am
The Brown Daily Herald (BDH) is the Brown University student newspaper based out of Providence, Rhode Island. According to its Wikipedia entry, it is the second-oldest student newspaper among American...
Natural Disaster in Gambia 9 Oct 2012 | 04:00 pm
A natural disaster is being reported today by Reuters out of Gambia. The President of Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, is putting his citizens in extreme risk by telling people that his slurry of “natural” herb...
A Grief Reminder 24 Apr 2012 | 11:42 pm
My friend Mark sent an article my way today via Facebook. Courtesy of The Hartford Courant (the oldest continually running newspaper in America, for the moment), their ‘Business’ section of the websit...
Word Magnets for Skeptics from SGU! 4 Apr 2012 | 02:30 am
We’ve had a few new additions to Skeptical Robot, our merch shop, and my absolute favorite is this sweet set of more than 200 Word Magnets for Skeptics. You can make tons of classic skeptical phrases ...
O! Say Can You See … 8 Mar 2012 | 03:32 am
We have not one, but TWO delicious examples of pareidolia in the news this week. Pareidolia is the phenomena of seeing patterns in objects, such as a face in the clouds. The human mind has a natural d...
