Committee for Skeptical Inquiry

Volume 24, Number 1, January/February 2000

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• The Ten Outstanding Skeptics of the Twentieth Century
• Notes of a Fringe Watcher: The Second Coming of Jesus
• Forum: The Ghost in My House: An Exercise in Self-Deception
• Book Review: The Culture of Fear
• Book Review: The Field Guide to Bigfoot, Yeti, and Other Mystery Primates Worldwide

Articles

The Ten Outstanding Skeptics of the Twentieth Century

Two Paranormalisms or Two and a Half?
An Empirical Exploration
Most researchers have found an inverse or negative correlation between religious traditionalism and paranormal beliefs. It is possible that the two dimensions share a great deal more in common than previous surveys suggest. A new study supports that view.
Erich Goode

Anna Eva Fay
The Mentalist Who Baffled Sir William Crooke
Between 1870 and 1874 the eminent scientist William Crookes conducted a series of controversial experiments with some of the most remarkable mediums of the age. One episode shows without a doubt Crookes's failure to detect open trickery. This happened when Crookes met Annie Eva Fay, an interesting personality, now largely forgotten, who deserves to be remembered.
Massimo Polidoro

The Pseudoscience of Oxygen Therapy
Many claims associated with the safety and efficacy of so-called "oxygen therapy" using hydrogen peroxide and ozone are unfounded and unlikely to be true.
John M. Allen

Confessions of a (Former) Graphologist
A first-hand report of one man's entry into the field of graphology, his later deep involvement with the practice, and his subsequent disillusionment. Along the way he encountered a continuing lack of scientific validation and a refusal of graphologists to face graphology's validity problems.
Robert J. Tripician

Columns

Editor's Note

News and Comment

• Science Trumps Creationism in New Mexico
• American Association of Physics Teachers Statement on the Teaching of Evolution and Cosmology
• Woman Convicted During Sex Abuse Hysteria Released
• Bennett Braun Case Settled; Two-Year Loss of License, Five Years Probation
• $1,000 Challenge to 'Crazy Rod' Dowser Yields Chance Results

Notes of a Fringe Watcher
The Second Coming of Jesus
Martin Gardner

Investigative Files
Canada's Mysterious Maritimes
Joe Nickell

Commentary
The Congressional Censure of a Research Paper
Kenneth K. Berry and Jason Berry

Science Best Sellers

New Books

Articles of Note

Forum

• The Ghost in My House: An Exercise in Self-Deception
  Bertram Rothschild

• A Not-Very-Loudly-Sung Hero
  Ralph Estling

• Backward-Masking Kalamazoo?
  Frederick V. Malmstrom

Guide for Authors

Book Reviews

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The Culture of Fear
By Barry Glassner
Grant Jewell Rich
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The Abduction Enigma
By Kevin D. Randle, Russ Estes, and William P. Cone
Robert A. Baker
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Race and IQ: Expanded Edition
Edited by Ashley Montagu
Grant Jewell Rich
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Therapy's Delusions
By Ethan Watters and Richard Ofshe
Martha A. Churchill
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The Marriage of Sense and Soul
By Ken Wilber
Jeff Minerd
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This New Ocean: The Story of the First Space Age
By William E. Burrows
Nada Mangialetti
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The Field Guide to Bigfoot, Yeti, and Other Mystery Primates Worldwide
By Loren Coleman and Patrick Huyghe
Benjamin Radford
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