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In a stunning public development, male researchers have announced that macaque monkeys “pay” for sex. Ah, many of you are thinking, this ought to be interesting. You can imagine the questions: Do boy and girl monkeys pay the same way, in the same amounts? Do these monkeys pay for sex with gourds, or berries, or […] Our latest Bogus Award winner is a real doozy, folks. What would you do if you got fired from a job, and then received a valid insurance card in the mail, with your name on it? But wait–what if you got that card, and you had ovarian cancer and multiple sclerosis and spinal problems? Would […] A Doc Gurley letter got paraphrased in the Daily Mail of London about the most recent bogus award recipient–check it out. There was alarmist news in the Daily Mail this weekend. Specifically, that the human race would split into two distinct species within the next 3,000 years, a prediction by “evolutionary theorist Oliver Curry from the London School of Economics, who says that the human race will have reached its physical peak by […] The Doc Gurley BOGUS Award is traditionally given to a Bonehead, Overhyped, Groundless, Unverified Study. This week, however, we’re awarding a special Bogus Award, to a case in the news of supremely flawed reasoning. Our BOGUS award this week is given for Bombastic Obfuscating and Grandstanding Under Scrutiny. The winner is America’s CIA chief, […] Congratulations! The winner of this week’s BOGUS (Bonehead Overblown Groundless Unverified Study) Award is (drum roll please)… Stressed-Out Moms Carry Babies on the Right Okay, let’s get a few things straight, right up front. First, carrying your kids “on the right” is not about politics. Second, what mom is not stressed out? […] |
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