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.
Cagliostro: ‘Quack of Quacks’
by Joe Nickell
Volume 19.1, March 2009
Investigative Files
While on a five-country investigative tour of Europe in 2007, I twice came upon historic residences of the master deceiver...
Think. Question. Grow.
by Angie McQuaig
Volume 19.1, March 2009
Camp Inquiry Engages Children in Rational Skepticism
Grilled-Cheese Madonna
by Joe Nickell
Volume 18.3, September 2008
Investigative Files
It has become the quintessential holy image to appear on an item of food: the Virgin Mary on a grilled-cheese sandwich.
The ‘Chemtrail Conspiracy’
by Dave Thomas
Volume 18.3, September 2008
Why are some people afraid of contrails?
Charles Fort: Purveyor of the Unprobed
by Joe Nickell
Volume 18.3, September 2008
Book Review
Review of Charles Fort: The Man Who Invented the Supernatural.
Will the LHC Destroy Earth?
by Victor Stenger
Volume 18.2, June 2008
Reality Check
In 2008, a suit was filed asking for a temporary restraining order prohibiting CERN from turning on the Large Hadron Collider.
Catching Ghosts
by Joe Nickell
Volume 18.2, June 2008
Investigative Files
Despite the popular antics of inept "ghost hunters," ghosts continue to remain elusive.
Why Visiting Alien Spaceships Are Impossible
by Sid Deutsch
Volume 18.2, June 2008
UFOs are in the news again. But it is high time that our media stop speculating that alien spaceships may have been sighted.
Alien Abductions and Mental Hygiene Films: A Possible Link
by Bob Abel
Volume 18.2, June 2008
An alleged paranormal phenomenon is the alien abduction popularized by books such as Communion: A True Story.
