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Articles

’Twas Brillig…: The Matter of Dowsing
by James Randi
Dumbth News from This is True: by Randy Cassingham
Educashun: Critical Thinking
by Steven T. Asma
All Duct Out in the Name of Science: The Eighth First Annual Ig Nobel Awards Provides Extraordinary Proof that Science Can Be Fun
by Sheila Gibson
The Lost World of Jack Horner: An Interview With the World’s Most Famous Dinosaur Digger
by Michael Shermer
Anastasia: The Myth of the Miraculous Survival
by Tim Callahan

Special Section:
JFK

Tragedy on Elm Street: Facts and Fictions in
the JFK Assassination
by Nick Gerlich
Case Still Open: Skepticism and the
Assassination of JFK
by Arthur and Margaret Snyder

Forum

: True Origins of CSICOP; Evolution Returns to Arizona; Entropy is Evolution’s Engine; Swiss None too Swift; Darwin Awards Insensitive; Disturbing Questions; Waco: Rules of Engagement: Not Skeptical Enough; Holohoax is Shoah Business
More Voices of JFK Conspiracy: The JFK Head Shot;
Assassination Science
Do You Believe in God? A Forum Exchange: Fear Religion, Not God; Apathetic A-Religious Ex-Atheist; Whose God?; An Irrelevantist; Ask God About Neutrino’s Mass; Defensible Non-Theism; Neighbor’s God Not Valid God; God and Non-Fat Ice Cream; The Wrong God Question
The Case For & Against God: A Forum Exchange: The God of Randomness: A Reply to Bruce Mazet’s “A Case For God”; A Reply to Massimo Pigliucci’s “A Case Against God”; Massimo Pigliucci Replies
Eye Color is Irrelevant for Psychic Claims: Ray Hyman Replies to Uri Geller

News

: Skeptic in Germany; Acupuncture and Depression; The 16 False Memories of Sybil; Gulf War or Lore Syndrome?; Spontaneous Pig Combustion?; A Little Fish in a Big Bible Pond; Fringe or Frontier Science?; Crisis in Philosophy?; So Help Me Who? New German Cabinet Swears off God; Alternative Medicine Taught in Half of Medical Schools; Belated Correction; Scientific Basis For Dracula
Dawkins Sandbagged by Australian Creationists: by Barry Williams
Coming Forward to Question the Skeptics: Gillian Brown Responds
to Barry Williams

Book Review Debate

: The following articles are a special debate on group selection and the evolution of altruism
As They Would Do to You: Unto Others: The Evolution and Psychology of Unselfish Behavior, by Elliott Sober and David Sloan Wilson
reviewed by Robert Trivers
The Golden Rule of Group Selection: Reply to Robert Trivers’ review of Unto Others
by David Sloan Wilson and Elliott Sober
Think for Yourself: Trivers replies to Sober and Wilson

Junior Skeptic

Aliens: Are Aliens Among Us? How to Ask Questions About UFOs and Other Cosmic Things
by Amanda Chesworth
Abducted by Aliens: A True Story
by Michael Shermer
Psychic Math!: by Arthur Benjamin
How to Fake UFO Photos: by Shoshana Cohen, Pat LInse, Tyson Gilmore and Devin Ziel

Reviews

The Evidence of Things Not Seen: A review of Madame Blavatsky’s Baboon by Peter Washington
reviewed by Thomas M. Disch
Alternative Thinking: A review of Barrie Cassileth, Ph.D. The Alternative Medicine Handbook: The Complete Reference Guide to Alternative and Complementary Therapies
reviewed by Carol Tavris, Ph.D. and Avrum Bluming, M.D.
The Fingerprints of Graham Hancock: Worlds in Collision Meets Chariots of the Gods — a review of the television series Quest for The Lost Civilization
reviewed by Jerry Goodenough
It’s Magic!: A review of The Art of Magic, by Carl Waldman and Joe Layden with Jamy Ian Swiss
reviewed by Matthew Ainsworth

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