Skeptical Briefs
The Skeptical Briefs newsletter is only available to Associate Members of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. It is published four times per year (in March, June, September, and December), and includes articles; news from skeptical groups across the country and around the world; and regular columnists Joe Nickell ("Investigative Files"), Lewis Jones ("Inklings"), Victor Stenger ("Reality Check"), Henry Huber ("Group News"); and Benjamin Radford ("Briefs Briefs"). It also includes a Hidden Messages puzzle in each issue by New Mexico physicist and skeptic David E. Thomas.
The Deist Skeptic— Not a Contradiction
by Kylie Sturgess
Volume 19.2, June 2009
For a while now, I've been quite uncomfortable about an assumption sometimes expressed: "skepticism must equal atheism."
A Monstrous Approach to Boosting Tourism
by Scott Teel
Volume 19.2, June 2009
Cayuga Lake has all the essentials: it's long and deep (435 feet at points); it was once covered by ocean water...
The Ballad of Jed (and the Pet Psychic)
by Karen Stollznow
Volume 19.1, March 2009
Listen to my story 'bout a cat named Jed
Here’s Looking at You
by Lewis Jones
Volume 19.1, March 2009
Inklings
If you hold this page up to a mirror, the mirrored image will display text that reads from right to left instead of...
Cagliostro: ‘Quack of Quacks’
by Joe Nickell
Volume 19.1, March 2009
Investigative Files
While on a five-country investigative tour of Europe in 2007, I twice came upon historic residences of the master deceiver...
Think. Question. Grow.
by Angie McQuaig
Volume 19.1, March 2009
Camp Inquiry Engages Children in Rational Skepticism
Grilled-Cheese Madonna
by Joe Nickell
Volume 18.3, September 2008
Investigative Files
It has become the quintessential holy image to appear on an item of food: the Virgin Mary on a grilled-cheese sandwich.
The ‘Chemtrail Conspiracy’
by Dave Thomas
Volume 18.3, September 2008
Why are some people afraid of contrails?
Charles Fort: Purveyor of the Unprobed
by Joe Nickell
Volume 18.3, September 2008
Book Review
Review of Charles Fort: The Man Who Invented the Supernatural.
Will the LHC Destroy Earth?
by Victor Stenger
Volume 18.2, June 2008
Reality Check
In 2008, a suit was filed asking for a temporary restraining order prohibiting CERN from turning on the Large Hadron Collider.