Special Articles
Web exclusives from CSI contributors
Happy Old Year
by Chris Mooney
Doubt and About
January 9, 2003
When it comes to the media's human cloning coverage, we're still in 1997.
Three Things in Life are Certain: Death, Taxes, and Failed Psychic Predictions
by Gene Emery
Psychic Predictions
December 31, 2002
Tabloid Psychics Fail Again In 2002
Conversion Fantasies
by Chris Mooney
Doubt and About
December 2, 2002
In paranormalist fiction, the “skeptic” character always comes around in the end.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Skeptics
by Chris Mooney
Doubt and About
November 4, 2002
Why doubters should celebrate J.K. Rowling's tales of magic and wizardry.
Media Coverage After the Attack: Reason and Deliberative Democracy Put to the Test
by Matt Nisbet
Generation sXeptic
October 1, 2001
How well have the media covered the September 11 attack?
Caught in the Ag Biotech Crossfire
by Matt Nisbet
Generation sXeptic
June 18, 2001
How U.S. Universities Can Engage the Public About Scientific Controversy
That’s Infotainment!
by Matt Nisbet
Generation sXeptic
April 30, 2001
How soft journalism undermines the credibility of major media organizations, drives away core audiences, and hurts democracy.
Talking to Heaven Through Television
by Matt Nisbet
Generation sXeptic
March 13, 2001
How the Mass Media Package and Sell Psychic Medium John Edward
A Look Back at the Best Skeptic Book of 2000
by Matt Nisbet
Generation sXeptic
January 1, 2001
Voodoo Science Conjures a Celebrity Out of a Scientist
The Physics Instructor Who Walks on Fire
by Matt Nisbet
Generation sXeptic
October 25, 2000
Willey walks across hot coals, sinks his hand in molten lead, strides across broken glass, and has blocks smashed across him.
