Skeptic: Examining Extraordinary Claims and Promoting Science

Cover Story

9/11 Conspiracy Theories

The 9/11 Truth Movement
in Perspective
by Phil Molé

What Demolition Experts
Say About 9/11

Is there evidence that explosives caused the collapse of the world trade center buildings as many conspiracy theorists claim?

Articles

The Day Without Yesterday

Is intelligent design
really like big bang theory?
by John Farrell

The Ball Lightning Conundrum

by William D. Stansfield;

Anthropologist
as Fortuneteller

by Marlene Dobkin de Rios

Features

’Twas Brillig…

Psychics Prosecuted —
Never Saw it Coming
by James Randi

Anatomy of a Fallacy

Fallacy of the Golden Mean
by Charles Lambdin

The SkepDoc

Keeping an Eye on
Alternative Medicine by Harriet Hall, M.D.

Commentary/Opinion

The Big Lie Lie: Why a Warning about “Disinformation” is itself a Form of Disinformation by George Case

Junior Skeptic

Alien Abductions Part 2
written and illustrated
by Daniel Loxton

March of the Elephants — no fact too large to be ignored; “Repressed” and “Recovered” Memories; The Mystery of Hypnosis; False Memories; Three Types of Recovered Memory Therapist; Cherry Picking the Best Parts; Motives: Are They Lying? Are They Mentally Ill?; Who Gets Abducted?; Scars, Missing Pregnancies, Implants; the Bottom Line

News

Prayerful Science

More on the Relationship
Between Prayer & Healing
by Brian Ragle

UFO Report, Real Mind Reading, Britons & Psychic Powers, Drink & See Fewer Gorillas

Facilitated Communication
& the Power of Belief

How Time Magazine Got it Wrong
by Lawrence Norton

Reviews

Longevity: Three Views

Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever by Ray Kurzweil and Terry Grossman, M.D.;
Anti-Aging Medicine: The Hype and the Reality, edited by S.Jay Olshansky, Leonard Hayflick, and Thomas T.Perls;
Healthy Aging: A Lifelong Guide to Your Physical and Spiritual Well-Being by Andrew Weil, M.D
all three reviewed by Harriet Hall

Conspiracy

The Plot: The Secret Story of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion
by Will Eisner
reviewed by Howard Schneider

“One of You Will Betray Me”

The Gospel of Judas, Television and book. Commentary by Bart Ehrman and Rodolphe Kasser, Marvin Meyer, and Gregor Wurst (Eds.)
reviewed by Tim Callahan

The Word of the Lord?

Misquoting Jesus by Bart D. Ehrman
reviewed by Tim Callahan

Lonesome George:
The Last Animal on Earth

Lonesome George: The Life and Loves of a Conservation Icon
by Henry Nicholls. reviewed by Michael Shermer
Is Lonesome George
Really Lonesome?
by Frank Sulloway

Broken Spells

Breaking the Spell:
Religion as a Natural Phenomenon
by Daniel Dennett
reviewed by James N. Gardner

In the Beginning
was the Word

The Psychology of Religious Fundamentalism by Ralph W. Hood, Jr., Peter C. Hill, and W. Paul Williamson
reviewed by David Ludden

Hardwired for Good

Hardwired Behavior:
What Neuroscience Reveals
About Morality by Laurence R. Tancredi
reviewed by Kenneth W. Krause

Humility, Charity & Hope

Value and Virtue in a Godless Universe by Erik J. Wielenberg
reviewed by Robert R.Lavieri

It Won’t Be Long Now

The Evolution-Creation Struggle
by Michael Ruse.
reviewed by Michael Shermer

Not Believing In Belief

Natural Atheism by David Eller
reviewed by Kenneth W. Krause

Forum

Letters

Al Gore’s Opinions, Prayer Study, Societal Health Study

Artificial Intelligence

A.I article Complaints;
Don’t Bet on A.I.

Deepak Chopra —
Keep Science & Faith Separate

Addressing Dr. Chopra’s
“five points”

Paranormal Pooches

“Bad science! Bad, bad science!”; Do Dogs Think?

Environmental Wars Forum

Flipping too Late; Shermer has Flipped; Editorial Dictates;
Eco Freaks; Left Wing Politics;
Nuclear Power; Choose Incentives;
Beware of Regulatory Policies; Crichton/Stossel Arguments

Flawed Survey
on Orthodox Jews

What Orthodox Judaism Really Is; Survey Question Flaws