11:20 pm, London, Langham Hotel, Room 333. The most haunted hotel room in London.

I have a psychological interest in all things scary. Can't stay away from them. Tell me about a psychopath or a serial killer, and I guarantee you my undivided attention. It being nearly Halloween, I...

During the Democratic debate in Philadelphia, Hillary Clinton gave the following gloss on her Bosnia fairytale: "I can tell you that I may be a lot of things but I'm not dumb... On a couple of occasions in the last weeks, I just said some things that weren't in keeping...

Here are some random psychological observations about the candidates that have occurred to me lately.

Let's start with McCain. Many voters aren't familiar with McCain's experience as a POW in Hanoi; apparently he rarely talks about it. From what I've read, here are the broad strokes. McCain was a...

The LA Times recently ran a story about the Child Exploitation Section of the Toronto Sex Crimes Unit, which contained a mind-boggling statistic: of the more than 100 offenders the unit has arrested over the last four years, "all but one" has been "a hard-core Trekkie." Blogger Ernest...