The SkepDoc

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE CRAZY? WE use the

The Gadfly

I HAVE BEEN WRITING THIS COLUMN FOR some time without

CONTRIBUTORS

Dr. Raymond Barglow majored in physics at Caltech and received

Cons

WHENEVER PEOPLE ASK ME IF I’VE EVER BEEN CONNED, I

America’s Stonehenge

Long before Columbus sailed to America, the continent had of

Is It ET?

DESPITE OVER 50 YEARS OF EFFORT, THE Search for Extraterrestrial

Hurricane Strikes as Divine Retribution

DIVINE INTERVENTION PROVIDED THE EARLIEST attempt to explain natural phenomena,

Ruins of Empires

METEMPSYCHOSIS. FEW PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH the word. But everyone

Winning the Vaccination War in California

OVER THE PAST HALF CENTURY VACCINATIONS HAVE nearly eradicated a

Prophet Without Honor

THE INVENTION OF THE MICROCHIP HAS transformed molecular biology, yielding

When Cops Kill: An Insider’s Perspective

I WAS INSPIRED TO WRITE THIS ARTICLE AFTER reading Michael

Guns and Games

JIM MORRISON, THE DOOR’S INIMITABLE FRONTMAN, struck a chord when

More on Morals

REGARDING THE ORIGINAL DEBATE IN SKEPTIC, VOL. 20, No. 4

Alligators in the Sewers!

ON FEBRUARY 10, 1935, A REMARKABLE HEADLINE appeared in the

Advocatus Diaboli— the Devil’s Advocate

RECOGNIZE YOUR ASSUMPTIONS. Question them regularly. Don’t fall prey to

HAUNTED HOUSES

I’m Daniel, the Editor of JUNIOR SKEPTIC. Tonight we’ll summon

A MODERN MYSTERY

Supernatural stirrings in dark, abandoned places…. Stories of this type

EARLIEST GHOST STORIES

It might not be possible to test ghosts using scientific

GHOSTLY EVOLUTION

Pliny the Younger took the story about Athenodorus and the

WAS THAT A G-G-GHOST?!?!

“Ghosts” have changed over time. This is a clue that

ILLUSIONS AND TRICKERY

Most ghostly experiences can be explained as people’s imagination getting