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.
Spirit Painting (Part II)
by Joe Nickell
Volume 10.2, June 2000
Investigative Files
Part II: The Bangs Sisters
A Korean Skeptic’s Report: New Ager-Occupied Territory
by Gun-Il Kang
Volume 10.1, March 2000
A deep attachment to tradition and an aspiration to wealth are cherished values of the modern South Korean.
The Roots of Qi
by Donald Mainfort
Volume 10.1, March 2000
Ancient texts reveal the origins of qigong
Spirit Painting (Part I)
by Joe Nickell
Volume 10.1, March 2000
Investigative Files
During the heyday of spiritualism, among the "physical phenomena" commonly manifested were so-called spirit paintings.
The Book
by Lewis Jones
Volume 9.4, December 1999
Inklings
The year 776 b.c. saw the first Olympiad, in which runners wore only a small loincloth.
Sideshow! Carnival Oddities and Illusions Provide Lessons for Skeptics
by Joe Nickell
Volume 9.4, December 1999
Investigative Files
Like Robert Ripley, I have always been attracted to the odd and the curious.
Science, A Candle in the Dark
by Jere H. Lipps
Volume 9.3, September 1999
The following is an excerpt from the keynote address given at the Integrative Biology and Human Biodynamics Commencement...
Springer Psychic: A Study in ‘Clairvoyance’
by Joe Nickell
Volume 9.3, September 1999
Investigative Files
On March 16, 1992, I appeared on The Jerry Springer Show with what were billed as "today's outrageous psychics."
What Do You Think?
by Lewis Jones
Volume 9.2, June 1999
Inklings
Mark Twain once described religion as "a set of things which the average man thinks he believes."
The Fire Dance of Bali
by Clyde Freeman Herreid
Volume 9.2, June 1999
Darkness approached as we pulled into the tiny parking lot in front of the shed next to the Hindu temple.
