On this blog, we recently considered "the benefits of doubt" over religious doctrine. Numerous instances in daily life firmly underscore the need to avoid a rush to judgment, to hold assertions of ...

I just finished reading “Merchants of Doubt,” a book about how a handful of supposedly civic-minded people used diversion, red herrings and false “facts” to stave off anti-smoking, anti-acid-rain and ...

A sure sign of late winter is that schools run short of snow days, and more 'climate change is a hoax' messages appear in Speak Out. In 2010 a popular book entitled "Merchants of Doubt" was published.