Committee for Skeptical Inquiry

[Barry Karr <SkeptInq@aol.com>]

From Skeptic Newshound Joe Littrell


   The Jesus Pyramid
   by David W. Martin
   Cleveland Scene
   http://www.clevescene.com/issues/2001-05-10/feature.html/page1.html

   "College agrees with Chris Hook, a Case Western  sophomore with an earnest
   face and a feathery mop of brown hair. He's a conscientious student,
   double-majoring in political science and psychology. He's also a residence
   hall adviser and Spanish Club president."


   Friday night in a ballroom with a traveling exorcist
   By Sonya Huber
   The Other Paper
   http://www.theotherpaper.com/substory2.html

   "The Rev. Bob Larson, a traveling exorcist, announced to his audience,
   "This is a safe place.""


   It's all good: The appeal of Deepak Chopra
   By David Beers
   Salon
   http://www.salon.com:80/people/feature/2001/05/10/allgood/index.html

   "I am reading "How To Know God" by Deepak Chopra as I sit in Helen's
Grill,
   a greasy spoon near my home in Vancouver, British Columbia. Outside the
   window in the rain, framed within the newspaper vending box, is the face
of
   a young, beautiful girl. Next to that face is headline type, big and
black:
   "'Amazing' teen killed in Whistler crash.""


   'Losing sight of tenets of science'
   The Hindu
   http://www.indiaserver.com:80/thehindu/2001/05/09/stories/0209000i.htm

   "Leading social scientists and academics from different research
   institutions and universities have issued a statement on the University
   Grants Commission Chairman, Dr. Hari Gautam's comments on social sciences
   and the introduction of astrology courses in universities:"

    Hard Luck Blamed on Hot Rocks
     By JULIE CART
   Los Angeles Times
   http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/20010507/t000038461.html

   "Timothy Murray had a comfortable life: a college education, good jobs,
   fulfilling relationships. "I've always had real good luck.""


    Big Cat' found in London, captured by zoo handlers
   http://www.theage.com.au/breaking/2001/05/09/FFXXTX2ZHMC.html

   "A large cat, thought to be a lynx, has been caught in a suburb by animal
   handlers from London Zoo."


   'Haunted' wooden lion scaring Spaniards
   Ananova
   http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_287554.html

   "The residents of a southern Spanish town fear a blue and yellow wooden
   lion in a children's play area is haunted."


   Charlie Varon's amusing prank
   by Jon Carroll
   San Francisco Chronicle

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/05/10/D

D205113.DTL

   "ASTUTE READERS will remember yesterday's column, about renowned Bay Area
   monologist Charlie Varon posing as one Albin Avgher, an expert in
genetics,
   and giving a talk in this guise before a luncheon meeting sponsored by the
   California Medical Association."