The Rise and Fall of Creationist Kent Hovind

Young Earth Creationist Kent Hovind is perhaps best known as the guy who runs the dollar store Dinosaur Adventure Land that is located behind his home in Pensacola Florida. The big one is of course Ken Ham’s one hundred million dollar Ark Encounter located in Williamstown, KY. Ken’s theology, like Hovind’s, is founded upon a … Read more

Walmart and CVS being sued for selling fake medicine

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The lawsuit is very real, and the claim being made is very accurate. Both CVS and Walmart are indeed selling fake medicine to consumers. Wander into either store in any city and you will find on the shelves medications that are of course genuine. Sitting with these are also fake medications that are boxes that … Read more

How do the Fact Checkers actually Fact Check?

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We all know that misinformation and disinformation abounds and is currently running rampant. Thankfully there are also some very useful resources that can really help: To be specific, I mean the fact-checkers. Well-known examples of organizations that are wholly and completely focused on fact-checking include … FactCheck.org  PolitiFact  Snopes etc… There are of course many … Read more