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.
Beyond Feng Shui
by Joe Queenan
Volume 12.4, December 2002
Tune in to 530 AM for thelatest ch'i updates.
Meta-Analysis and the Filedrawer Effect
by Victor Stenger
Volume 12.4, December 2002
Reality Check
An extraordinary phenomenon is normally not considered to be even tentatively established until it has been observed...
Has the Second Law Been Falsified?
by Victor Stenger
Volume 12.3, September 2002
Reality Check
"One of the most important principles of physics, that disorder, or entropy, always increases, has been shown to be untrue."
“Visitations”: After-Death Contacts
by Joe Nickell
Volume 12.3, September 2002
Investigative Files
Those who suffer the loss of a loved one may experience such anguish and emptiness that they are unable to let go...
Haunted Cape May
by Sharon Hill
Volume 12.3, September 2002
At the terminus of the Garden State Parkway in New Jersey is the charming Victorian-themed resort town of Cape May.
Investigating Witchcraft and Sorcery in Rangareddi District, India
by Dr. G. Vijayam
Volume 12.2, June 2002
The superintendent of police of India's Rangareddi district invited a team from the Atheist Centre to investigate witchcraft...
‘Miraculous’ Image of Guadalupe
by Joe Nickell
Volume 12.2, June 2002
Investigative Files
Mexico's Image of Guadalupe is a sixteenth-century depiction of the Virgin Mary that, according to pious legend...
L’Effroyable Auteur
by Kevin Christopher
Volume 12.2, June 2002
President of the French leftist organization Reseau Voltaire, Thierry Meyssan, is rising to worldwide recognition as the...
A New Look at Disney’s Atlantis
by Rob Beeston
Volume 12.1, March 2000
Disney’s Atlantis was recently released on video and DVD. When the movie came out...
Skepticism in Argentina: Life and Death and Magical Thinking
by Alejandro Borgo
Volume 12.1, March 2000
What is the danger of magical thinking and the spread of pseudoscience? This question has been asked many times...
