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.
Improving Scientific Literacy
by Robert Baker
Volume 6.1, March 1996
Book Review
Review of The Myth Of Scientific Literacy by Morris H. Shamos
The Skeptic-raping Demon of Zanzibar
by Joe Nickell
Volume 5.4, December 1995
Investigative Files
The scene is modern-day Zanzibar where a terrible monster is swooping into bedrooms at night and raping men.
EMFs Again
by Milton Rothman
Volume 5.4, December 1995
Reality Check
My last column had a few things to say about claims of cancer risk produced by low frequency electromagnetic fields.
A Matter of Perspective, Part II
by Tom Flynn
Volume 5.4, December 1995
Beyond Belief
Last issue, we examined the once-difficult motion picture shot in which the camera dollies forward while zooming out...
The Haunted Tape Recorder
by Joe Nickell
Volume 5.3, September 1995
Investigative Files
As most people who own them know, tape recorders sometimes malfunction...
When World-Views Collide
by William Grey
Volume 5.3, September 1995
What should skeptics do when pathological world-views collide?
Bad Science, Phony Science and Pseudoscience
by Milton Rothman
Volume 5.3, September 1995
Reality Check
Sometimes the difference between real science and pseudoscience is so small that it is hard to tell which side you're looking at
Taking a Stab at a Paranormal Claim
by Gary Posner
Volume 5.3, September 1995
This past March, the Tampa Bay Skeptics, as well as some other skeptics groups, received a letter from Jamal N. Hussein, Ph.D.
No More Mister Nice Guy
by Milton Rothman
Volume 5.2, June 1995
Reality Check
One of the disadvantages of modern technology is that now anybody can publish his/her own book.
The “Shirley Show”: Behind the Scences with Budd Hopkins
by Henry Gordon
Volume 5.2, June 1995
Once again I gambled and accepted an invitation to "The Shirley Show," Canada's answer to Oprah.
