Kendrick Frazier
Kendrick Frazier is editor of the Skeptical Inquirer and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is editor of several anthologies, including Science Under Siege: Defending Science, Exposing Pseudoscience.
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Courage, Optimism, and Thinking Big: An Exuberant Life Well Lived
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 37.1, January/February 2013
Paul Kurtz In Memoriam
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Exuberant Champion of the New Enlightenment
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 37.1, January/February 2013
Paul Kurtz In Memoriam
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Can We Have Civilized Conversations about Touchy Science Policy Issues?
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 37.1, January/February 2013
From the Editor
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Phrenology’s Lessons for Today
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 36.6, November/December 2012
From the Editor
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Dr. Phil Gives Psychics a Pass
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 36.4, July/August 2012
From the Editor
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The Roswell Syndrome . . . and Pseudoskepticism
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 36.3, May/June 2012
From the Editor
CSICon New Orleans 2011 - Ideas and Analysis, Frauds and Fun: An Intellectual Treat
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 36.2, March/April 2012
Conference Report
Like its earlier CSICOP conference predecessors, CSICon New Orleans 2011 was rich with provocative ideas, good science, critical thinking, informed analysis, and penetrating criticism of claims poorly supported by scientific evidence.
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Getting People Emotionally Invested
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 36.2, March/April 2012
From the Editor
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NCCAM, No. CSIcon, Yes.
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 36.1, January/February 2012
From the Editor
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From Shakespeare to American Archaeology
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 35.6, November/December 2011
From the Editor
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Who Really Wants Reliable Scientific Information?
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 35.5, September/October 2011
From the Editor
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Examining 9/11 Conspiracy Theories
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 35.4, July/August 2011
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Pop Culture and Questionable Cases
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 35.3, May/June 2011
From the Editor
Does the ‘Arab Spring’ Herald a Renaissance in Science and Open Inquiry?
Online Extras
July 13, 2011
SKEPTICAL INQUIRER editor Kendrick Frazier reports from Doha, Qatar.
Skeptical Inquirer editor Kendrick Frazier reports from Doha, Qatar
Online Extras
June 30, 2011
More than 700 science journalists from ninety countries—half of them from Africa, Asia, and the Middle East—are meeting on the outskirts of Doha ...
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Why the Bem Experiments Are Not Parapsychology’s Next Big Thing
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 35.2, March/April 2011
From the Editor
The world of news and blogs began buzzing in mid-November. A prominent psychologist, Daryl Bem of Cornell University, had posted a paper on his website...
A World Treasure
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 34.5, September/October 2010
Special Tribute
Perhaps surprising for such a towering intellect, Martin was a modest and unassuming man.
Tributes to Steve Schneider
August 2, 2010
Noted climate scientist Stephen H. Schneider of Stanford University died July 19, 2010, of an apparent heart attack while traveling in London.
Reading, the New Media, and the New Skepticism: What’s Going On?
January 6, 2010
If you are anything like me, reading is an essential part of life itself. For my generation, newspapers, books, and magazines...
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Notes on the News: Deception, Notoriety, and Credulity in Our Infotainment Age
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 34.1, January / February 2010
News & Comment
The media frenzy about a homemade balloon launch supposedly carrying a Fort Collins, Colorado, family's six-year old son into the sky and the resulting...
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The Scourge of Cancer
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 34.1, January / February 2010
From the Editor
I doubt there are many families not affected in some way by the subject of our cover article—cancer.
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Pew/AAAS Poll: Public Likes Science but Still Disagrees with Scientists on Controversial Issues
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 33.6, November / December 2009
News & Comment
The public continues to like science and value scientists, but a new poll shows considerable gaps between how scientists...
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Nigerian Scam Mastermind Sentenced in Australia
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 33.6, November / December 2009
News & Comment
We've all seen the e-mails from Nigeria insisting wealth can be ours if we help the writer get his money out of the country.
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Introducing Skepticism 2.0
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 33.6, November / December 2009
From the Editor
There's nothing new about skepticism. People who think critically and analytically have been around since ancient times.
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Cell Phones, Power Lines, Video Games…and Much Else
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 33.5, September / October 2009
From the Editor
This issue demonstrates not only the variety of topics we tackle in the Skeptical Inquirer, but also...
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John Maddox, Longtime Nature Editor and CSI Fellow, Dies
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 33.4, July / August 2009
News & Comment
John Maddox, a pivotal figure in the world scientific community as twice editor of the esteemed scientific journal...
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Nonreligious Portion of U.S. Population Growing, Survey Finds
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 33.4, July / August 2009
News & Comment
What many secularists have long been contending--that their numbers are growing, and have consistently been underestimated...
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Big Scientific Controversy over Little Hobbit People of Flores
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 33.4, July / August 2009
From the Editor
Five years ago a stunning discovery on the Indonesian island of Flores rocked the field of paleoanthropology...
Highlights of CFI’s Twelfth World Congress: Science, Public Policy, and the Planetary Community
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 33.4, July / August 2009
Special Report
Science, Public Policy, and the Planetary Community
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It’s What We Do
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 33.3, May / June 2009
From the Editor
"Why did you write about [fill in the blank]?" That is a recurring question we get at the Skeptical Inquirer.
