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Cover Articles:
Religion—or Lack of it

Did Jesus Exist?: What the Evidence Reveals
by Tim Callahan
Becoming a Faith Healer: An Insider’s Look at the Business of Revealed Religion by Dustin White
Imagine There’s No Heaven: The Seeds of Modern Atheism and the Tragic Life of Madalyn Murray O’Hair by Mitchell Stephens
: Cover: In our own image: Jesus as he might be imagined in the West. Photo illustration by Pat Linse, Brian Dalton, and Ed Pastor.

Special Section:
Communicating with the Dead

The Stuff of Nightmares: James Van Praagh
and the Afterlife by Ingrid Hansen Smythe
Ghostbusters Busted at Sand Creek: by Gregory F. Michno

Junior Skeptic

Carl Sagan

To celebrate 50 issues of Junior Skeptic, we turn to the story of one of skepticism’s most inspiring people: astronomer Carl Sagan!

By Daniel Loxton. Interior art by Daniel Loxton with Jim WW Smith. This issue’s cover features a modeling clay and mixed media illustration by Daniel Loxton.

Articles

Why Whistleblowing Doesn’t Work: Loyalty is a Whole Lot Easier to Enforce than Honesty by Frederick V. Malmstrom
and David Mullin
The Future of Intelligence: An Interview with
James R. Flynn by Lee Traynor
Holistic Airlines: The Natural Way to Fly by Kyle Sanders

Columns

’Twas Brillig…: Let’s Get Real, Even if it Hurts by James Randi
Bad Language: Face the Music
by Karen Stollznow
The SkepDoc: Does Religion Make
People Healthier?
by Harriet Hall, M.D.

Reviews

The End is Nigh…Or Not: A review of Ten Billion,
by Stephen Emmott and Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth?,
by Alan Weisman.
reviewed by Michael Shermer
Magical Thinking Good?: A Review of The Seven Laws of Magical Thinking: How Irrational Beliefs Keep Us Happy, Healthy and Sane, by Matthew Hutson.
reviewed by Kevin J McCaffree
Forsaking Logic: A Review of What’s So Great About God: A Reasonable Defense of the Goodness of God in a World Filled with Suffering (Formerly Godforsaken),
by Dinesh D’Souza.
reviewed by Franz Kiekeben
The Not-So-Skeptical Buddhist: A review of Hardcore Zen Strikes Again, by Brad Warner.
reviewed by Mike Moran

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