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.
A Magical Death?
by Phillips Stevens, Jr.
Volume 13.3, September 2003
The death of Elisabeth Targ by the same disease she was trying to cure by "distant healing" yields some new perspectives on...
The Case of the Alien Hand
by Joe Nickell
Volume 13.3, September 2003
Investigative Files
It was Monday, March 24, 2003, when the voice of CSICOP Executive Director Barry Karr came over my intercom...
‘What’s Your Sign?’: Why (part of) the Age of Aquarius Is Still with Us
by Steven Doloff
Volume 13.2, June 2003
We have always lived in uncertain times. It is understandable therefore how, in a world continually threatened by...
Witchkillings in Nigeria
by Leo Igwe
Volume 13.2, June 2003
At least twenty-five people suspected of being witches have been killed in Akwa Ibom state in southern Nigeria.
Darwinism and the Age of Earth
by Victor Stenger
Volume 13.2, June 2003
Reality Check
Evolution is often attacked as not being “good science.”
Winners of the 2002 ‘Citizen Sane’ Awards
by The Editors
Volume 13.1, March 2003
This year, as last, we received many fine entries for our Citizen Sane contest.
The Enemy Within: Chronology of an Anti-Skepticism Case in Argentina
by Alejandro Borgo
Volume 13.1, March 2003
This is an account of an episode I would have never wished to report. It shows how skeptics are not immune to hoaxing...
Legend of the White Lady
by Joe Nickell
Volume 13.1, March 2003
Investigative Files
Every town in Franconia has a legend of Die Weisse Frau - a ghostly figure that walks about at night terrifying people.
Mothman Revisited: Investigating on Site
by Joe Nickell
Volume 12.4, December 2002
Investigative Files
In a previous critical report, I suggested the identity of “Mothman.” Subsequently I was able to make an investigative trip to Point Pleasant.
2002: The Year of the Conspiracy Crank
by Kevin Christopher
Volume 12.4, December 2002
Down-on-their-luck TV news anchors have joined hair-trigger survivalists and End Times evangelists on the conspiracy circuit.
