Transitional Fossils: Archaeopteryx, Dinosaur-Bird Evolution and Creationism Charles Darwin predicted that the fossil record would reveal transitional fossils, showing intermediate features between the different types […]
Are Dead People Voting?
Myth: Dead People are Voting. Massive Fraud is happening! Fact: The vast majority of these are clerical errors, or instances of citizens who have died […]
Does Raising the Minimum Wage Increase Unemployment?
President Obama’s recent proposal to raise the federal minimum wage (from the current $7.25 to $10.10) has rekindled the multi-decade old argument over whether raising the […]
Occupy Wall Street (OWS) vs The Tea Party: A Brief Comparison
Occupy Wall Street (OWS) vs The Tea Party: Why Occupy Wall Street is not the same Occupy Wall Street (OWS) has drawn countless comparisons to […]
The Rich Pay “All the Taxes” (Myth)
An article recently surface claiming that the rich pay “all of the taxes.” The reasoning behind the claim: The top 40% pay 109% of the […]
Is Evolution a Fact?
Claim: Evolution is a lie. It’s just a secular religion. Fact: Evolution is simply what several separate and unrelated lines of evidence converge upon. The […]
Middle Class America & The Government
It’s not uncommon to hear that “we are losing the America we used to be,” and that we are evolving into this socialist nanny state […]
Income Disparity and the Middle Class: A few Myths and Misconceptions
As noted countless times in this blog, the shift to a more supply-side (aka Reaganomics/trickle down economics) economy has not led to a stringer middle […]
Myth: George Zimmerman couldn’t have pulled a gun from his pocket with Trayvon Martin on top of him
Fact: It’s entirely possible to draw a gun while being full mounted. One of the recent argument regarding the Trayvon Martin-George Zimmerman trial is the […]
California Minimum Wage vs Community College Unit Cost
Community colleges have traditionally offered an excellent opportunity for students from lower income households and have served as a bridge to 4-year Universities. So it’s interesting […]