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 Privileged Planet
by Victor Stenger
Volume 15.3, September 2005
Reality Check
A few months ago, the Smithsonian Institution agreed to cosponsor a film called The Privileged Planet...
Return from the Dead
by Joe Nickell
Volume 15.2, June 2005
Investigative Files
She had suffered a fever of 104.5 and experienced shortness of breath, whereupon she declared, "Mother, I'm going to die."
Reverse Speech
by Mark Newbrook
Volume 15.2, June 2005
An Australian writer claims to have discovered Reverse Speech, a previously unreported human language phenomenon.
Psychic Predictions (and Rationalizations) Fail Again
by Ben Radford
Volume 15.2, June 2005
One frustrating things about dealing with alleged psychics is the lack of opportunity to pin them down to explain their failures
Theoretically . . .
by Ed Buckner
Volume 15.1, March 2005
Our students here in Cobb County, Georgia, are being told by the school board to think critically...
Randomness
by Lewis Jones
Volume 15.1, March 2005
Inklings
In July of 1990, The Wall Street Journal began its famous dartboard contest...
Reel or Real? The Truth Behind Two Hollywood Ghost Stories
by Ben Radford
Volume 15.1, March 2005
Radford and Gaeddert examine the truth behind two Hollywood ghost stories, The Amityville Horror and White Noise.
Marooned on Spaceship Earth
by Victor Stenger
Volume 14.4, December 2004
Reality Check
Over a hundred planets beyond our solar system have been identified, with more being found every day.
The Lake George Monster Hoax
by Joe Nickell
Volume 14.4, December 2004
Investigative Files
Called "one of the grandest hoaxes of all times", the Lake George Monster has occasionally resurfaced since its debut in 1904.
