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06-06-01

In this week’s eSkeptic, Kenneth W. Krause reviews Laurence R. Tancredi’s book, Hardwired Behavior: What Neuroscience Reveals About Morality.


06-05-25

In this week’s eSkeptic, Dr. Lawrence Norton reviews a recent Time magazine article that touted the virtues of facilitated communication, and Michael Shermer shares with us the evidence for anthropogenic global warming.


06-05-18

In this week’s eSkeptic, we present a link to a Reason magazine article by Ronald Bailey, called “Peak Oil Panic.” We also remind readers about a Skeptic magazine back issue in which Frank Miele debunks Bjørn Lomborg’s book, The Skeptical Environmentalist.


06-05-12

In this week’s eSkeptic, Michael Shermer presents a Rolling Stone article on Scientology that he calls “one of the most thoughtful, reasoned, and highly-readable pieces on the Church.” Also, Shermer explores the “Sham Scam,” based on Steve Salerno’s book SHAM: The Self-Help & Actualization Movement.


06-05-03

In this week’s eSkeptic, Tim Callahan reviews The Gospel of Judas, National Geographic Channel, Sunday, April 9, 2006; and The Gospel of Judas (National Geographic, 2006, ISBN 1426200420), by Bart Ehrman (Commentary), Rodolphe Kasser, Marvin Meyer, and Gregor Wurst (Eds).


06-04-27

In this week’s eSkeptic, Mark Bellinghaus critiques the Marilyn Monroe Exhibit (and briefly debunks the psychic James Van Praagh) that opened in Long Beach, California in November 2005.


06-04-20

In this week’s eSkeptic, Jason Colavito comes to the rescue of fiction with a skeptical defense of television shows that incorporate the supernatural.


06-04-13

In this week’s eSkeptic, Jeff Prewitt shares with us his report on the debate between William Dembski and Michael Shermer that took place on March 23rd at the Discovery Institute, University of Kentucky.


06-04-05

In this week’s eSkeptic, Michael Shermer reports on the findings of a recent scientific study that tested the efficacy of intercessory prayer.


06-03-30

In this week’s eSkeptic, Jim Dominic, administrator of the Skeptic Forum shares with us his notes on running a skeptic discussion board.


06-03-24

In this week’s eSkeptic, David Ludden reviews Moti Ben-Ari’s book Just a Theory: Exploring the Nature of Science.


06-03-16

In this week’s eSkeptic, the Skeptics Society announces its 2006 Caltech conference called, “The Environmental Wars”.


06-03-09

In this week’s eSkeptic, Michael Shermer reviews George Basalla’s book Civilized Life in the Universe: Scientists on Intelligent Extraterrestrials.


06-03-02

In this week’s eSkeptic, Michael Shermer asserts that David Irving’s three-year prison sentence for denying the Holocaust “is an assault on the civil liberties of us all.”


06-02-23

In this week’s eSkeptic, Michael Shermer reviews Daniel C. Dennett’s book Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon.


06-02-16

In this week’s eSkeptic, Robert Camp explores the validity of William Dembski’s argument from analogy for Intelligent Design.


06-02-09

In this week’s eSkeptic, the Skeptics Society launches its 2006 public relations campaign to stop religion from being taught in schools.


06-02-02

In this week’s eSkeptic, we announce Michael Shermer’s new pocket-book The Soul of Science and Darwin Day events in New York City with Richard Milner.


06-01-23

In this week’s eSkeptic, Michael Shermer debates Dr. Gary Schwartz, Russell Targ, and Dean Radin; the Skeptics Society announces its 2006 annual conference; Richard Morrock reviews The New Pearl Harbor: Disturbing Questions about the Bush Administration and 9/11, by David Ray Griffin.


06-01-19

In this week’s eSkeptic, Michael Shermer announces a new season of lectures and conferences sponsored by the Skeptics Society.


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