E-Skeptic Archive 1997-2001
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Highlights

20/20 Debunks Van Praagh, Skeptics' Firewalk	Baloney Detection Kit	Dr. Laura's Atheism Caused Nudity
Genesis Revisited	German-Amercian Skeptic	Giving the Devil His Due
God is "Only a Theory"	God: The Questionnaire	Interview with Carol Tavris
Physics Crackpot Index	Reply to Van Praagh on Loss and Love	Shermer Goes To Church
Zippy the Pinhead

2001

Jan/Feb

15 Feb - Psychic Parrot, Randi In New York Times, Priorities For Health, The Heart As A Brain 8 Feb - Upcoming Skeptics Events, More On Textbook Errors, Alien Abductions, Inc.'s "Abductalizer"!, HIV-AIDS Skeptics Respond, Skeptics Of The HIV-AIDS Skeptics Respond 3 Feb - Chaos Skeptics, Skeptical Challenge, HIV-AIDS Skeptics, Textbook Errors 1 Feb - Religion Stats, Darwin Day Celebrations, Skeptics Trip To Peru 30 Jan - Skeptical Humor, Shermer Becomes Fellow Of Linnean Society Of London, Nova Solves Missing "UFO" Plane, Scientists Get Ever Closer To The Moment Of Creation 23 Jan - Skeptics' Encyclopedia Of Pseudoscience Update, Baloney Detector Update, Call For Favorite Skeptic/Science Quotes 11 Jan - Upcoming Skeptics Events, Alt Med Responses 6 Jan - Call For Encyclopedia Entries 5 Jan - Alternative v. Scientific Medicine 3 Jan - More On Who Wrote The Gospels, "God Did It" Says Children: A Lesson For Creationists

2000

Oct/Nov/Dec	Jun/Jul/Aug/Sep	Mar/Apr/May	Jan/Feb
31 Dec, 00 - Shermer Celebrate God?! Who Wrote Gospels? 30 Dec, 00 - Politically Incorrect Transcript 22 Dec, 00 - Politically Incorrect Tonight, Newton's True Birthday, More On J.Z. Knight/Ramtha, Dogon And Star Sirius 20 Dec, 00 - J.Z. Knight "Ramtha" Book Request, Complete Catalogue Of E-Skeptic, Scopes Week Now On Video, New Sponsorship From One Cosmos Network And The Planetary Society 18 Dec - The Most Recommended Skeptics Books 15 Dec - Please Recommend Your Favorite Skeptical Books, Call For Action On Alternative Medicine 12 Dec - Summary Of Politically Incorrect Show, The New Cosmos, From Ann Druyan And Joe Firmage 9 Dec - Natural History And Culture In Peru, Politically Incorrect Corrections 7 Dec - Robert Pennock On The New Creationism On Sunday, Shermer On Politically Incorrect Monday Night, Corrections 6 Dec - The "Emmy" Award For Jr. Skeptics 30 Nov (b) - The Physics Crackpot Index 30 Nov (a) - More On The "Missing Day", Intelligent Design Flaws From Paperback Edition Of God Book, Intelligent Design In Kansas 29 Nov - Skeptics Science Trips To Africa And Australia, Nasa Discovers Missing Day Nonsense/Rebuttal 28 Nov - Creationism-Evolution Events, Spoof On Holocaust Denial, Reverse- Para- Meta- Pseudo-Racist Brain Theory, Prayer And Healing 20 Nov - JFK--The Slide Show, Jr. Skeptic Magazine 18 Nov - November In Dallas, Baloney Detection Kit Update, Rebirthing In Colorado 31 Oct - Adieu Steve Allen 30 Oct - Baloney Detection Kit 26 Oct - Darwin & Gould: Live and in Concert 25 Oct - Mass Metaphors: Review Of Global Brain 23 Oct - Science & Religion 14 Oct - Clarified E-Skeptic Posting 13 Oct - Upcoming Skeptical Events	12 Sep - Race and Sports Symposium at Caltech 7 Sep - Shermer Lecture in D.C., New Theory: God Did It! 5 Sep - Stephen Jay Gould Festschrift 21 Aug - Rebuttals to Abanes' Rebuttal on the Bible 17 Aug - Rebutalls to Bible Criticisms 16 Aug - Bible Caller Pays $100 Bet, More on Virgins/Stones 10 Aug - What the Bible Really Says 2 Aug - Honest Liar, Evolution, Holocaust Controversy 20 Jul - Scopes Trial OpEd, Follow the Money to Phillip Johnson 14 Jul - Sagan/Firmage, FC Dies in the U.K., Lying With Pixels 21 Jun - Exploring The Unknown Returns This Friday With A New Line-Up 16 Jun - Skeptics Conference/Gould Festschrift 14 Jun - Course Syllabus Requested On Science/Pseudoscience, Scopes Week In Kansas, Weird Things In The News 8 Jun - Holocaust Denial This Sunday At Caltech, Another Open Letter To Dr. Laura, Unravelling Belief Conference In July, The Use Of Science In History 3 Jun - The Mad Revisionist Strikes Again, An Open Letter To Dr. Laura About Gays (Humor), Judge Decides Madalyn Murray O'Hair Case, New Evidence In Classic Ufo Case, False Or Fake Memory?	25 May - Shermer To Speak At AHA Conference + CSICOP/Center For Inquiry, Richard Dawkins Letter To Prince Charles About Science, New Tests On The Shroud Of Turin 22 May - The Next Great Step In Skeptical Science 18 May - Vince Sarich On How To Battle Creationism 16 May - How To Get Out Of A Cult, Progress In Religion 13 May - Crank, Inc., Battlefield Earth Blows Up, Intelligent Design Meets Congressional Designers 26 Apr - Kevin Macdonald, Holocaust Denial, And Evolutionary Psychology, Universe Is Flat Says Caltech, Society For Amateur Scientists Meeting 21 Apr - Creationism Center To Be Closed After Baylor Conference, Shermer Lectures Upcoming At Ohio State University 4/24 And 4/25, Creationism Humor 20 Apr - "New" Creationism Conference At Baylor University 17 Apr - New Name For Hotline, The Buddha From Brooklyn, Diploma Mills 9 Apr - Deep Time 18 Mar - Seti On Sunday, Voodoo Science On Tuesday, Voodoo Science In Salon, American Lunacies, What To Do About Kansas, You Probably Didn't Know That... 16 Mar - Carl Sagan: The Measure Of A Life 15 Mar - The Limits Of Science, God, The Devil, And Bob, Evolution, Skeptical Radio Show, William Hamilton, Aliens, Disney's Aliens, False Memory Syndrome 8 Mar - Gould At Skeptics Conference, Exploring The Unknown, The Meme Machine, Human Energy Field, Articles Of Interest 6 Mar - Evolution Disclaimer, Scientists Jubilee: "Mea Culpa", Some Native Americans Had Neanderthal Roots, Alan Keyes' Remarks On Evolution	17 Feb - Exploring The Unknown, Giordano Bruno, Carl Sagan Symposium, How We Believe, How Many Atheists And Agnostics? 14 Feb - More Atheists Than Muslims, Jews, Mormons?, Asimov On Sagan, Robert Wright As Gould's Stalker, Dr. Laura Now Has TV Forum For Gay Bashing 10 Feb - Oops On Wright, Urban Legends, More On Zero Sum v. Nonzero Sum, Dr. Dean Edell's Internet Hotline 7 Feb - Chicken Soup For The Evolutionist's Soul 31 Jan - Skeptics Go To The Galapagos 29 Jan - Carl Sagan C-Span Special, UFOs On History Channel, New York Dumps Psychic Program 28 Jan - Exploring The Unknown, The Leap Year Correction, Creationism In Arizona, Conference/Debate On Intelligent Design, New York Trains Psychics 27 Jan - The Leap Year Leap, Evolution Deniers And Holocaust Deniers, Margaret Mead's Book Named Worst Of The Century 17 Jan - Giving The Devil His Due

1999

Nov/Dec	Jul/Aug/Sep/Oct	Apr/May/Jun	Jan/Feb/Mar
30 Dec - Intelligent Design And Its Critics, More Religious Stats, Some With A Twist, Big Bang Defense, Latest Prayer-Healing Study 24 Dec - Salon Review Of How We Believe 15 Dec - Science Bloopers And Blunders Needed, Worldwide Religious Beliefs, Humanism On The Net 13 Dec - Skeptic Web Page Face Lift, A Special Moon, Why People Believe In God Lecture, The Night Before Y2K 9 Dec - Latest Attack On Gould, Sagan/End Of The World Conference, Other Upcoming Skeptics Society Events 4 Dec - God Is "Only A Theory", Flood Story May Have Basis In Historical Event 30 Nov - Upcoming Skeptic Conference On Carl Sagan And The End Of The World, Other Upcoming Skeptics Society Events 28 Nov - San Diego Skeptics, Captured By Aliens 20 Nov - Send Us Your Psychic One Liners! 19 Nov - Shermer In Des Moines, Ia Monday, Clarification Of The Pope's Position On Evolution, Big Bang And Marilyn, SOS For Evolution, Skeptical Humor 18 Nov - Flight 990 Numerology, Ask Marilyn 17 Nov - Now I've Seen It All, Electromagnetic God Experiences, Flight 990 Conspiracy Theories Beginning 15 Nov - Please Write To Fox Family, Skeptics Society Event On Heaven, Reviews Of How We Believe 14 Nov - The Pope On Evolution 12 Nov - Request For Corrections For "How We Believe", Misunderstanding The Historical Sciences 11 Nov - Clarifications And Corrections 10 Nov - Exploring The Unknown 9 Nov - The Greatest Mathematician Of All Time 2 Nov - Skepticism At Idaho State University, Patt Morrison Article, New Prayer Study, New Humanist Group 1 Nov - Exploring The Unknown, Millennial Angst/Y2K Despair Disappearing, Patt Morrison Article In Los Angeles Times Magazine	28 Oct - Halloween "Fear" Lecture This Sunday, The Los Angeles Times Book Review Of Glassner's "The Culture Of Fear", Frans De Waal Lecture On Evolutionary Ethics 27 Oct - Victory For Evolution 24 Oct - Exploring The Unknown For Tuesday, October 26, 1999, Fox Family Channel, Teachers Fighting Back Against The Creationists, Psychic Reading Of Radio Host, Jesse Ventura Correction 21 Oct - Scientology, Van Praagh, Jesse Ventura's Opinions On Believers, Christadelphians, God, Immortality, And Suicide, Cassie Bernal And The Making Of A Myth 19 Oct - Did She Really Say "Yes"?, James Van Praagh: Another Inside Look, Another Thought On Belief In God But Not In The Immortality Of The Soul 17 Oct - Exploring The Unknown For October 19 13 Oct - Tonight's Exploring The Unknown 12 Oct - Experts Needed For Exploring The Unknown 8 Oct - MIT Skeptics Lecture, Defining God 4 Oct - NPR Today, Fox Family Exploring The Unknown Premiere 2 Oct - How We Believe: The Search For God In An Age Of Science 21 Sep - Skeptics Society Fall Lecture Series 16 Sep - Bible Code Debunked By Same Journal That Started It All, Atheists In Foxholes, Vol. 7, #2 Of Skeptic Now Out On Newstands And Bookstores, Carl Sagan's Top 12 Discoveries Made While Stoned (Humor), 'Til Hell Freezes Over Or All Hell Breaks Loose (Humor) 8 Sep - Threatened Nasa Budget Cuts 27 Aug - Skeptic vs Fate 24 Aug - Fox Family Picks Up Skeptic 22 Aug - New Carl Sagan Biography By Keay Davidson 3 Aug - Zippy The Pinhead 24 Jul - JFK, Jr. Media Comment, Reports On The Psychic Press Conference 23 Jul - Life Is Full Of Surprises By Randi	30 Jun - Power Line Research Faked, Aliens Demand Media Equity, Aol Poll On Prayer 21 Jun - 20/20 Debunks Van Praagh Tonight, Skeptical Firewalk 11 Jun - Archaeology Mystery, Possible Skeptics Lectures In October, Roper Poll Finds Americans Think People Will Freak Out If Aliens Are Discovered, Two Christian's Opinions Of Skeptics And My Rejoinder 1 Jun - Skeptics' Trip To Borneo 29 May - The Measure Of A Woman, Skeptic Volume 7, #1 25 May - Fraud In Science, Skeptics Featured On Dilbert And End Of The World, Deconstructing Jerry Springer (Humor), Parapsychology Conference-University Of London 6 May - Reinventing Evolution: The Great Debate At The High Table Of Evolutionary Theory 4 May - Bad Things And Good People, Minsky Quote, Spielberg Gets Into Aliens For Real, More On Twins 26 Apr - Entwined Lives 20 Apr - Colorado Springs Weird Things, The Meme Machine, How To Be Rich And Successful 14 Apr - Back From The East 2 Apr - For Those Of You In The Denver/Boulder, Yale, Mit, New York Areas, Russian Psychic On Unsolved Mysteries, More On Russian Psychic Nicolai Levashov 1 Apr - Need Coverage Of Sci-Religion Conference	26 Mar - The Skeptic Mag Hotline Grows, Shermer On A & E's Unexplained, The Hidden Book In The Bible Revealed This Sunday At Caltech, Vibrating Feminisists, Freud Back On The Couch 17 Mar - Important New Human Evolution Find 16 Mar - Shermer In Fate Magazine! 9 Mar - Skeptic Vol. 6, #4 Out This Week, Evolution Conference, Thanks Again Randy Cassingham And Lyris, Doubt And Certainty, 1999 Skeptics Society Caltech Conference 4 Mar - Faith-Medicine Connection Challenged 1 Mar - Van Praagh, More On Moses, More On Sputnik, Fox Show On Mummies/Pyramids, New Imax Film On The Cosmos 25 Feb - Moses 19 Feb - October Sky Recommendation, NBC's "Confirmation" of UFOs 13 Feb - Happy Birthday Charles Darwin!, Some Thoughts On The Cosmos And Those Who Think We've Been Visited And Those Who Think We Will Never Be Visited Because We Are Alone, New U.K. Skeptics' Group, Jarvis On Alternative Medicine 9 Feb - Skeptics Society 1999 Caltech Conference On Evolution 5 Feb - Susan Strasberg, Skeptical Humor 1 Feb - Thanks, Strange Science, Another Alt Med Tragedy 26 Jan - God Debate II 20 Jan - Skeptics Society Spring 1999 Lecture Series 14 Jan - Another God Debate, Skeptics Annual Magic Show 11 Jan - Millennial Cults And The Concerned Christians 8 Jan - Scientology Foundation, Fortune Telling, Tipler 5 Jan - Shermer On Good Morning America & Extra 2 Jan - Origins Of Scientology

1998

December	November	May/Jun/Jul/Sep/Oct	Jan/Feb/Mar/Apr
30 Dec - Spiritual Computers, Fox, Luddites 29 Dec - Only God Can Do That? 28 Dec - Stephen Wright Humor 27 Dec - Andrew Weil Endorses Therapeutic Touch 23 Dec - God Debate Tape Now Available 21 Dec - Happy Winter Solstice Everyone!, Skeptical Humor 18 Dec - The Online Skeptic Store Is Open For Business, An Old Skeptic Political Magazine, The Alphabet vs. The Goddess 16 Dec - Nobel Winner's Story Challenged 16 Dec - Creationist Responds To Plimer Story 15 Dec - More On Weil And Scientology 14 Dec - Must See Skeptical TV 14 Dec - Creationism Correction 14 Dec - Alien Abductions Incorporated 12 Dec - Evolution v. Creation Down Under 12 Dec - Screams Of Reason 8 Dec - TWA Flight 800 Conspiracy Theories 2 Dec - Andrew Weil, Deconstructing Sinatra	25 Nov - JREF Job, New Skeptics Group, More Skeptical Conversions 25 Nov - Foundation Seeks An Executive Director 22 Nov - Born-Again Skeptic 20 Nov - Oops, Shermer Loses God Debate! 19 Nov - Jonestown Anniversary 17 Nov - Shermer Wins God Debate! 14 Nov - Science And Religion 14 Nov - God Debate Sunday 12 Nov - Shermer/Randi Test Psychic Healer 11 Nov - Randi/Shermer Test Chinese Psychic For "Extra" 6 Nov - Dr. Laura's Atheism Caused Nudity 3 Nov - Mixing Religion And Politics 2 Nov - Shermer Goes To Church	23 Oct - German-American Skeptic 21 Oct - Mentalism Games 20 Oct - British Skeptics Conference 20 Oct - Bad Science And Humorous Research Skewered At The Ig Nobel Awards by Sheila Gibson 8 Oct - Skeptical Library Request 8 Oct - Shermer In Germany 8 Oct - Write John Stossel 3 Oct - Skeptics On ABC/John Stossel 2 Oct - Proof Of Evolutionary Psychology 1 Oct - Evolutionary Psychology Of Clinton 30 Sep - Summary Of The Baltimore Case 29 Sep - Symposium On The "Baltimore Case" 26 Sep - Skeptics Society 1998 Fall/Winter Lecture Series 6 Sep - Skeptic Mag Internet Hotline Update 7 Jul - Science Talk With Michael Shermer 7 Jul - Top 19 Signs Your Psychic Is Phony 2 Jul - God At Randi's Conference 10 Jun - God: The Questionnaire 2 Jun - Genesis Revisited (For Fun) 18 May - A Little Hard On The Media 18 May - Legislating The Value Of Pi, Final Week Before The Skeptics Conference, More On Van Praagh 13 May - NBC Special On Magic, Randi On Charles Grodin Tonight, May 12, Shermer Joins The Illuminati 1 May - New Respect For James Van Praagh	30 Apr - Van Praagh Busted Again! 15 Apr - Skeptics In The Globe!, Van Praagh And Shermer On Stage Together?, John Casti At Caltech, Newsweek Coming To Skeptics Caltech Conference, Pulitzer Prizes Go To "Guns, Germs And Steel" And "Summer For The Gods", Skeptic.Com Web Page Updated, Holocaust Revisionism Update 5 Apr - Van Praagh Deception Or Self-Deception? 4 Apr - More On Van Praagh Busted 4 Apr - Junior Skeptic Magazine 3 Apr - A Reply To Van Praagh On Loss And Love 3 Apr - Shermer Debunks Bible Code Tonight 1 Apr - Shermer On 20/20, Emily Rosa On Everything 27 Mar - Big Randi Conference In August 25 Mar - Hot New Speaker For Skeptics Conference 20 Mar - Van Praagh/Shermer On 20/20 20 Mar - Shermer At Dr. Laura Prayer Breakfast! 14 Mar - Tipler Responds To Hawking/Shermer 13 Mar - Talking Twaddle On Friday The 13th 26 Feb - Shermer Explains Oprah 23 Feb - Shermer On Oprah 11 Feb - Skeptics Conference On God, Myth, Religion 22 Jan - Next Skeptics Society Lecture, UPN "Alien Abduction" Film A Phony, Dr. Laura Interview In L.A. Times, Washington State Creation-Evolution Controversy 1 Jan - What's Coming Up For January, Call For Skeptical Prophecies For 1998

1997

December	November
14 Dec - What's New In Skepticdom? 7 Dec - Anyone Tape 60 Minutes Piece On MPD?	23 Nov - What A Great Week, Upcoming Events 8 Nov - Lecture And God Responses 4 Nov - Lecture Update, Media Update, Radio Show Update, Debate Question Of The Week 2 Nov - Inauguration

Thanks for your interest!

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