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‘Twas Brillig…: John of God: ABC’s Primetime Live Special About A Brazilian “Healer” Falls Far Short of Investigative Journalism
by James Randi
Demon Haunted Times: God Offers Human Race on eBay
by Brandon Muller

Six Slick Tricks & the Science Behind Them: The Antigravity Tube
The Dissolving Coin
The Mystical Marble
How To Force A Card
Will the Stars Match?
The Obedient Wand
by the Madman of Magic,
Bob Friedhoffer

The Da Vinci Code Cult (read online): A Critical Look at Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code
by Robert Sheaffer

Letters: Collapse Predicted in 1974; Hormone Replacement Myths and The Real Truth About Cholesterol; Intelligent Design and Polytheism
Race & Sex: Race and Race Differences are Real; Sarich and Miele Respond to Lemme
Science & the Bush Administration: Neutral letters; Positive letters; Negative Letters; Krider Responds
Nature-Nurture Forum: Blind Men with An Elephant: Nature and Nurture Revisited As Blank Snakes; Genetic Preparedness Does Not Equal Genetic Determinism; Nurturing Nature; The Triplets of Nature and Nurture

The Dream World of William Dembski’s Creationism: by Mark Perakh
Creationism’s Holy Grail: The Intelligent Design of a Peer-Reviewed Paper
by Robert Weitzel

Close Encounters of the Facial Kind (read online): Are UFO Alien Faces an Inborn Facial Recognition Template?
by Frederick V. Malmstrom

Tilting Pictures & Fruitless Pursuits: How to Test for A Supernatural Occurrence
by Sam Shuster
The Truth Is Out There … Way Out There: Three Major Patterns of Conspiratorial Thinking
by George Case
How the Human Got its Mind: Debunking the Last Great Myth
in Psychology
by Henry D. Schlinger

Required Reading: The Skeptic’s Dictionary: A Collection of Strange Beliefs, Amusing Deceptions & Dangerous Delusions by Robert Todd.
reviewed by William Harwood
Super Size This!: The Obesity Myth by Paul Campos. reviewed by Patrick Johnson
Faith, Facts & the Resurrection of Jesus: The Resurrection of the Son of God by N. T. Wright. reviewed by Carl Stecher
The Key to the Universe: The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe by Roger Penrose. reviewed by Michael Shermer
In the Blink of an Eye: Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell. reviewed by Michael Shermer
The Gods Must Be Crazy: Inventing Superstition: From the Hippocratics to the Christians by Dale B. Martin. reviewed by Michael Shermer
When Death Comes Knockin’: Who Ya Gonna Call? Facing Death: Epicurus and His Critics by James Warren. reviewed by David Voron
Seek & Ye Shall Find: The God Code: The Secret of Our Past, the Promise of Our Future by Gregg Braden. reviewed by Harriet Hall
The Great Race Debate: The Reality of Human Differences by Vincent Sarich and Frank Miele.
Review I:
Race: No Such Thing … or is There? by Paul R. Gross Review II:
The Adaptionist Yardstick.
Rethinking the Social Implications of Sarich’s and Miele’s Fast-Track Micro-Evolution. by Alondra Oubré