Welcome to 2011! I'm honored that TNC has invited me back to kick off the week and the new year with my favorite merry band of reader-commenters in all of Internetland. For those of you who didn't get ...

The Internet is teeming with crazies, jerks, and blowhards; and in online forums, debaters are full of passionate intensity. Peruse the comments area on any popular blog, and you’ll find more ...

The Slippery Slope Argument is an argument that concludes that if an action is taken, other negative consequences will follow. For example, “If event X were to occur, then event Y would (eventually) ...

Broadwood Partners, L.P. and its affiliates commented on the investor presentation issued by Alcon Inc. (ALC) regarding its proposed acquisition of STAAR Surgical Company (STAA). Broadwood, which owns ...

In an era of “post-truth” and “truthiness,” it can be hard to defend the common-sense belief that reality exists independently of how people think about it. Skepticism about reality comes in many ...

Recently, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) published a fallacious and highly biased opinion article by Sadanand Dhume, which drew a comparison between Iran’s nuclear program and Pakistan’s. It puts a ...