Skeptical Inquirer — Volume 23.4
July / August 1999
The Church Poltergeist: It’s the Village Mayor
by Joe Nickell
Volume 23.4, July / August 1999
News & Comment
"Just in time for Halloween," was the wry comment of Leon Harris, news anchor for CNN's "Early Edition," October 22, 1998.
Fatal Non-vision
by Joe Nickell
Volume 23.4, July / August 1999
News & Comment
Although billing himself "Canada's world renowned super psychic," Maha Yogi A. S. Narayana failed to foresee his own murder.
FBI Enlisted Psychic in TWA 800 Investigation
by Ben Radford
Volume 23.4, July / August 1999
News & Comment
According to the Washington Post, the FBI used a psychic in an attempt to determine the cause of the TWA Flight 800 crash.
God Is Dead, After Weather and Sports
by Mike Reiss
Volume 23.4, July / August 1999
Article
Late in the millennium, astrophysicists perfected the Grand Unified Field Theory, and proved that God does not exist.
Questioning Dr. Isadore Rosenfeld’s China Acupuncture Story
by Gary Posner
Volume 23.4, July / August 1999
News & Comment
Dr. Rosenfeld, a cardiologist and professor of medicine, has appeared on national TV talk/interview shows since the 1960s...
Scam Fortune Teller Arrested, Sentenced to Prison for Fraud
by Ben Radford
Volume 23.4, July / August 1999
News & Comment
In September 1996 a woman approached Tene, who was offering tarot readings for $15 in the back of a restaurant.
Scientific Skepticism, CSICOP, and the Local Groups
by Steven Novella and David Bloomberg
Volume 23.4, July / August 1999
Article
Scientific skepticism defines skepticism around the principles of scientific investigation.
Should Skeptical Inquiry Be Applied to Religion?
by Paul Kurtz
Volume 23.4, July / August 1999
Article
Skeptical inquirers can and should examine religious claims, though the case can be made that CSICOP should not.
A Special Issue on Science and Religion
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 23.4, July / August 1999
From the Editor
Editor's note on this issue
Still a Miracle?
by Joe Nickell
Volume 23.4, July / August 1999
News & Comment
Good Friday, 1999, a claim of a miracle becomes the subject of an investigation by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans
