Skeptical Briefs — A Skeptic's Notebook
A Column by Robert A. Baker
Art Bell’s Quickening Is Sickening
by Robert Baker
Volume 7.4, December 1997
A Skeptic's Notebook
We’ve long known that Art Bell, night radio’s paranoid propagandist, knows how to rave and rant.
Prayer Wars
by Robert Baker
Volume 7.3, September 1997
A Skeptic's Notebook
In 1994, we reported on Larry Dossey, who assured us that prayer can not only heal, but it also makes those who pray feel better
An Alien Taxonomy
by Robert Baker
Volume 7.2, June 1997
A Skeptic's Notebook
Once the concept of extraterrestrials managed to dominate the media, it was inevitable that someone would establish a taxonomy.
Scientific Remote Viewing
by Robert Baker
Volume 6.2, June 1996
A Skeptic's Notebook
Historians of the next century will no doubt regard January 1996 as the period of the greatest breakthrough in all of history.
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
Maybe They’re Onto Us After All
by Robert Baker
Volume 4.3, September 1994
A Skeptic's Notebook
"I'm onto you people and I know what you've been up to. You and your cronies will not get away with it."
