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 Curse of Clarity Returns!
by Tom Flynn
Volume 5.2, June 1995
Beyond Belief
Effects technology has made countless strides since Star Wars launched the revolution in 1977...
Caveat Specter
by Tim Madigan
Volume 5.2, June 1995
If you're planning to sell a home in New York State, there are a few things you should notify the prospective buyer about.
Risk Factor
by Lewis Jones
Volume 5.1, March 1995
Inklings
In London, there is a digital mechanism that changes its display every minute. (Call it the Bell Prompt if you like.)
Paranormal in China
by Wu Xianghong
Volume 5.1, March 1995
Every evening in an open area furnished with several pine trees, I wander from the new library of our university...
Scientific Illiteracy in the Press
by Milton Rothman
Volume 5.1, March 1995
Reality Check
I’m the first to admit it: I have not made a scientific, double-blind study of this phenomenon.
The Curse of Clarity
by Tom Flynn
Volume 5.1, March 1995
Beyond Belief
One of the best effects shots of the 1930s is a pilot's-eye view as his plane screamed over the New York skyline toward Kong...
Foibles and Fallacies
by Milton Rothman
Volume 4.4, December 1994
Reality Check
Recently I pulled myself kicking and screaming into the nineties by subscribing to the Prodigy information service.
Nutty Professors, or Some Addled Academics?
by Robert Baker
Volume 4.4, December 1994
A Skeptic's Notebook
Observers of the passing parade not so long ago used to refer to certain periods or times of the year as "the silly season."
If Looks Could Kill and Words Could Heal
by Robert Baker
Volume 4.3, September 1994
A Skeptic's Notebook
There'd be a lot more dead and a lot fewer sick people around
Tachyons and Other Nonentities
by Milton Rothman
Volume 4.3, September 1994
Reality Check
Sliding across my desk recently came a copy of a full-page ad that had appeared in a journal called Pacific Spirit...