The REALL News
Note:
Issues from the years 2000 - present are currently only available in
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2006
October
2006- Knowledge and the Production of Nonknowledge, by Martin S. Kottmeyer
Creationism Monitor, by Wally Hartshorn
Gleanings, by Clark Olson - June-September
2006
- Tin Moons and False Prophets, by Martin S. Kottmeyer
Owen Twiddle: Grand Exhausted Mystic Ruler, by George Free
Gleanings, by Clark Olson - May 2006
- Owen Twiddle: ...as above, so below..., by George Free
Gleanings, by Clark Olson
- April 2006
- Have You Been Abducted by Aliens? Hasn’t Everybody?, by Martin S. Kottmeyer
Owen Twiddle: Hominid Homily, by George Free
Owen Twiddle: Speciation is my Speciality, by George Free
Gleanings, by Clark Olson
Punctuated equilibria, from EvoWiki.org - March
2006
- Darwin, Kurtz and Kids in the Hall: Life at CFI-West, Part 2, by Bob Ladendorf
Owen Twiddle: Backwoods Bob, by George Free
Owen Twiddle: Hominid Homily, by George Free
Gleanings, by Clark Olson - January/February
2006
- Branching Out: Promoting Science and Reason at the Center for Inquiry-West, by Bob Ladendorf
The Lost UFO Abduction of Geneseo, Illinois, by Martin S. Kottmeyer
Owen Twiddle: Chip & Dip, by George Free
Gleanings, by Clark Olson
2005
- June/July 2005
- REALLity Check, by Wally Hartshorn
Some Thoughts
on the Moore Amicus Brief, by Timothy Sandefur
Letter to the
Editor, from George Free
Owen Twiddle: Galactic Guru, by
George Free
Discovery Institute’s Doctor
Shopping. by Burt Humburg
Foes of Evolution Set Sights on New
Target: Gravity, by Cole Walters - May 2005
- Dino-Blood Redux, by Dr. Gary S. Hurd
Owen Twiddle:
Transcendental Technician, by George Free - April
2005
- The Peter Jennings Media Event
“UFOs: Seeing is Believing”, by Martin S. Kottmeyer
Review: The Ancestor’s Tale, by Richard Dawkins, reviewed by
Clark Olson
Letter to the Editor, from J.E. Armstrong
Terry Schiavo and the Global Consciousness Project, by Wally Hartshorn
Newspaper Gleanings, by Clark Olson - March
2005
- Thoughts on John Mark
Henry’s Talk, by Clark Olson
Websites on Scams,
Frauds, Hoaxes and Urban Legends, by Lee Beneze
Owen
Twiddle: Serious Soothsayer, by George Free - January/February
2005
- Suppressing a Smile, by Martin S.
Kottmeyer
Talk.Origins Archive Frequently Asked Questions
Introduction to TalkDesign.org
Owen Twiddle: Astral Traveler,
by George Free -
2004
(Coming soon)
2003
- May 2003 (Both HTML and
Acrobat PDF versions!)
- NBC Reveals Psychic
Secrets, by David Bloomberg
A Skeptic in Washington, by Bob
Ladendorf
REALLity Check, by Bob Ladendorf - April 2003
- (coming soon)
- March 2003
- (coming
soon)
- February 2003
- (coming soon)
- January
2003
- Reptoid Fever, by Martin S.
Kottmeyer
Breeding a Satanic Panic, by Rob Hardy
From Evil Crones to Goddess Worship, by Rob Hardy
UFO Group
Claims First Human Clone, by David Bloomberg
2002
- December 2002
- It's the End of the World and He Knows It, by David Bloomberg
Taking a Critical Look at Deniers' "Pseudohistory", by David Bloomberg
- November
2002
- Skeptical Songs, by David Bloomberg
Wolfram Aims to Turn Science Upside Down, by Rob Hardy
Finding the Story Behind the Missing Link, by Rob Hardy
UFOs,
Ghosts, and Misunderstood Perceptions, by Bill Hahm
- October
2002
- Messages from Beyond at a
Spiritualist Meeting, by Benjamin Radford
Moon Hoax Claim
Leads from Punch to British Radio, by David Bloomberg
- September
2002
- Signs, Signs, Everywhere
ThereÆs Signs, by Bob Ladendorf
Peter, Peter Popoff
Healer, by Bob Ladendorf - August
2002
- The Doom of Debunkeritis, by
Martin S. Kottmeyer
Don’t Get Duped, by David
Bloomberg - July
2002
- The Physics of ESP, Part 3, by
Robert Novella
Author Looks at Ideas at the Frontiers of
Science, by David Bloomberg
Odds are Good that Readers will
Like this Book, by David Bloomberg
Sherlock Holmes Stories
Teach About Common Mistakes, by David Bloomberg - June
2002
- The Physics of ESP, Part 2, by
Robert Novella
Bad Astronomy and Poor Critical Thinking, by
David Bloomberg
A Different Kind of Creationism, by Clark
Olson - May 2002
- The
Physics of ESP, Part I, by Robert Novella
Visiting the La La
Land of Creationism, by Clark Olson
90% of a Brain is a
Terrible Thing to Waste, by Steven Novella, MD - April
2002
- Energy Crisis, by Robert Novella
The Ventriloquist’s War, by Richard Petraitis
Evolution, Creation, and Science Eduction, by Molleen Matsumura
- March
2002
- Probing Exosemination, by Martin
S. Kottmeyer
Creationists Admit to Incorrect Arguments,
But..., by David Bloomberg - February
2002
- Looking at Evolution,
by Bob Ladendorf
Scientist Hawking Puts the Universe in a
Nutshell, by David Bloomberg
The (Lack of a) Face on Mars, by
David Bloomberg
REALLity Checklist — 2001 in
Review, by David Bloomberg - January
2002
- Creationist Speaks at Lincoln
Library, by Clark Olson
Psychic Parasite Update, by David
Bloomberg
Looking at the Border Between Science and
Nonscience, by David Bloomberg
2001
- December 2001
- Anthrax Quackery, by Daniel R. Barnett
Psychics and
the Government, by David Bloomberg - November
2001
- A Small Survey of College Student
Attitudes and Beliefs about Science, Pseudoscience and the Paranormal,
by Professor Joseph E. Armstrong
Crossing Over the Boundaries
of Good Taste, by David Bloomberg
TV Guide
Psychic Predictions Sure to Be Worthless, by David Bloomberg
- October
2001
- Why Nightmares Are Good - Part 2:
The Misinterpretation of Dreams, by Bob Ladendorf
John Edward
and the "Energy Place", by Bob Ladendorf
Quantum
Leaps Separates Science & Pseudoscience, by David
Bloomberg
Psychic Parasites, by David Bloomberg - September
2001
- Quote Mining: The Tradition
Continues, Part 2, by Karen E. Bartelt, Ph.D.
Uri Geller
Claims Credit for Helping Big Brother Contestant,
by David Bloomberg - August
2001
- Quote Mining: The Tradition
Continues, Part 1, by Karen E. Bartelt, Ph.D.
New Fox Show
Tries to Solve Non-Mysteries, by David Bloomberg - July
2001
- Saucer Expansion, by Martin S.
Kottmeyer
Psychic Survivor Predictions Put to the Test, by
David Bloomberg - June
2001
- The Conjuring Tricks of Native
American Shamans, by Richard Petraitis
- May 2001
- A Klassic Abduction Found, by Martin S. Kottmeyer
Why Nightmares Are Good - Part 1: The Sentinel, by Bob Ladendorf
TV Reviews: In the Land of Hope and Glory, by Bob Ladendorf - April
2001
- Local Creationist Changes His
Mind, by Lapri Solof
Guides to Psychic Power and Tarot, by
David Bloomberg
Meaningless Divisions and Meaningless
Predictions: Fighting Ignorance with The Straight Dope, by David
Bloomberg - March
2001
- Is Human Evolution Special?, by
David Bloomberg
Letter to the Editor - February
2001
- Jack Chick and Evolution, by John
Blanton
REALLity Checklist - 2000 in Review, by David
Bloomberg
Psychic Claims and Evidence DonÆt Add Up:
Fighting Ignorance with The Straight Dope, by David Bloomberg
- January
2001
- Homeopathy and Veterinary
Medicine: Has Bird Talk Magazine Been Quacked? The Infinitesimal Dose
and an Immense Dilemma for Pet Owners, by Laura Ainsworth and Daniel
Barnett
Review of Therapeutic Touch, by David Bloomberg
African Witchcraft Problems Continue Today, by Richard Petraitis
2000
- December 2000
- Fighting Ignorance with The Straight Dope: The Nocebo Effect
& Healing Prayer, by David Bloomberg
The Twelve Alien
Days of Christmas, by L. George Daniels - November
2000
- Witch Burning and Human Sacrifice
in India, by Richard Petraitis
Local Skeptics Can Make a
Difference, by Ben Radford
Subliminal Ads in the News, by
David Bloomberg
Book Recommendations, by David Bloomberg
- October
2000
- Why Did We Start Calling Them
Grays?, by Martin S. Kottmeyer
Alternative Engineering, by
Steven Novella, M.D.
Stopping the Voodoo Is What He Does So
Well, by David Bloomberg
Book Recommendations, by David
Bloomberg - September
2000
- Ju-JuÆs Fetish Slaves,
by Richard Petraitis
Letters to the REALL News
Psychic Junk Mail Hell Update, by David Bloomberg - August
2000
- DonÆt You Believe It!
Scientists Report: Bumblebees CanÆt Fly, by Robert Novella
Fighting Ignorance with The Straight Dope, Part 3: Conspiracies, by
David Bloomberg - July
2000
- Was The War of the Worlds Inspired
by UFOs?, by Martin S. Kottmeyer
- June
2000
- Fighting Ignorance with The
Straight Dope, Part 2: Evolution Edition, by David Bloomberg
The Magic Wars of Africa: Update 2000, by Richard Petraitis
- May
2000
- Another Visit to a Holistic Health
Fair, by David Bloomberg
- April
2000
- Africa's Curse: Magical Beliefs,
by Richard Petraitis
- March
2000
- Baptism of Hellfire: A Personal
Account of a Creationist Speech, by Bob Ladendorf
- February
2000
- Talking Twaddle with the Dead, by
Michael Shermer
REALLity Checklist 1999, by David Bloomberg
The Placebo Effect: Is it of Medicinal Value?, by Edvard A. Hemmingsen
- January
2000
- Fighting Ignorance with the
Straight Dope, by David Bloomberg
1999
- December 1999
- A Central Illinois Scientist Responds to the Black Box, by
Karen Bartelt
A Visit to the Conspiracy Museum, by David
Bloomberg - November
1999
- The Shaman Question: Revisited, by
Richard Petraitis
Bennett Braun Case Settled, by David
Bloomberg - October
1999
- Facing Silliness in Springfield,
by David Bloomberg
While Jim Wrestles the Thunderbird..., by
Martin Kottmeyer
Book Recommendations, by David Bloomberg
- September
1999
- Kansas Evolution Decision's
Aftermath, by David Bloomberg
You Don't Have to Cheat to Get
it Wrong!, by Bob Steiner
Letter to the Editor - August
1999
- Psychic Junk-Mail Hell, by David
Bloomberg
Letter to the Editor - July
1999
- Update: Bennett Braun Case, by
David Bloomberg
Dr. Isadore Rosenfeld's China Acupuncture
Story Questioned, by Gary P. Posner, M.D.
Book
Recommendations, by David Bloomerg
From There to Eternity, by
Bob Ladendorf - June
1999
- Selling Irrationality at a
Holistic Health Fair, by David Bloomberg
A Daily Dose of
Skepticism, by Wally Hartshorn
Braun Update, by David
Bloomberg - May 1999
- Graying Mantis, by Martin Kottmeyer
- April
1999
- Dr. Kreider Speaks Out - Part 4:
Conclusion, by Randy Alley
Remembering the "Mad Gasser" of
Mattoon, Illinois, by Robert E. Bartholomew
Real Miracles,
Part 2, by David Bloomberg - March
1999
- Dr. Kreider Speaks Out - Part 3:
On Mesmerism, by Randy Alley
- February
1999
- Dr. Kreider Speaks Out - Part 2:
On Phrenology, by Randy Alley
Update: Bennett Braun Case, by
David Bloomberg
REALLity Checklist -- 1998 in Review, by
David Bloomberg
Letters to the Chairman and Editor
- January
1999
- Dr. Kreider Speaks Out - Part 1:
Introduction, by Randy Alley
Is the Extraterrestrial
Hypothesis Falsifiable?, by Martin Kottmeyer
1998
- December 1998
- Mesmerism Considered, by Randy Alley
Update:
Bennett Braun Case, by David Bloomberg - November
1998
- Phrenology Considered, by Randy
Alley
Nickell and the Mystery Mongerers, by Bob Ladendorf
"Thinking Skeptically" at the PACC Conference, by David Bloomberg
Update: Bennett Braun Case, by David Bloomberg - October
1998
- Illinois Tackles Repressed Memory
Doctor, by David Bloomberg
Risky Business, by David Bloomberg
The Wall Street Journal Blurs Lines Between
Science, Opinion, & Politics on Global Warming, by Prof. Joseph
E. Armstrong - September
1998
- Greta Alexander's Legacy: An
Objective Look at Her Claims, by David Bloomberg
- August
1998
- Bullets into Water: The Sorcerers
of Africa, by Richard Petraitis
The Tarot Scam -or- Cold
(Frosty) Readings, by Derek Rompot - June/July
1998
- A Visit to the Institute for
Creation Research, Part Two, by Karen Bartelt
The Eyes Still
Speak, by Martin Kottmeyer - April/May
1998
- A Visit to the Institute for
Creation Research, Part One, by Karen Bartelt
Lastly, What
Roswell Proved, by Martin Kottmeyer - March
1998
- The Illinois UFO Mania of 1897, by
Robert Bartholomew
Letter to the Editor - February
1998
- A Plastic Phenomenon, by Martin
Kottmeyer
REALLity Checklist -- 1997 in Review, by David
Bloomberg - January
1998
- Confessions of a Tarot Card
Reader, a book excerpt by Lindsay E. Smith and Bruce Walstad
1997
- December 1997
- Sincerity: An Overrated Virtue, by Lewis Jones
Scott Adams Responds to "Cartoon Metaphysics"
New Center for
Inquiry in Kansas City Hosts Regional Conference, by Bob Ladendorf
- November
1997
- Homeopathy - The Ultimate Fake, by
Stephen Barrett, M.D.
REALLity Check Special Report -
Acupuncture, by David Bloomberg - October
1997
- Cartoon Metaphysics, by David
Bloomberg
CSICOP Partnership with Local Groups Proposed, by
David Bloomberg
Quackery: How Should it be Defined?, by
Stephen Barrett - September
1997
- Psychics and Serial Murder, by
Steven A. Egger
- August
1997
- Graphology: Write and Wrong, by
John A. Thomas
- July
1997
- Resolving Arnold, Part 2: Guess
Again, by Martin Kottmeyer
A Few Words about Roswell, by
David Bloomberg
Therapeutic Touch Tidbits, by David Bloomberg
- June
1997
- Resolving Arnold, Part 1, by
Martin Kottmeyer
Praise the Lord and Pass the Skepticism!, by
Bob Ladendorf - May 1997
- The Shamans of Suburbia, by Richard Petraitis
- April
1997
- Be Wary of "Alternative" Health
Methods, by Stephen Barrett, M.D.
- March
1997
- Astrology as an Illusion, by North
Texas Skeptics
REALLity Checklist, by 1996 in Review
- February
1997
- The Conspiratorial Superhighway,
by David Bloomberg
Thinking and the Paranormal, by Henry
Gordon
Extra-Sensory Perception Fact Sheet, by North Texas
Skeptics - January
1997
- Update: TBS Receives Official
Police File on Williston Missing-Person Case
Letter to the
Editor
1996
- December 1996
- Does "Psychic" Reading Lead Police to Missing Body?
Carl Sagan Dies at 62
Letter to the Editor - November
1996
- Honey, I Shrunk the Sun! -
Evolution of a Creationist Myth, by David Bloomberg
In Case
You Missed It, by Bob Ladendorf - October
1996
- The Exeter File - Part 2, by
Martin Kottmeyer
Crash-Retrieval at Gatchellville, by Martin
Kottmeyer - September
1996
- The Exeter File - Part 1, by
Martin Kottmeyer
- August
1996
- This One's a Keeper, by Martin
Kottmeyer
Letter to the Editor - July
1996
- Media Council Named at 1st World
Skeptics Congress, by Bob Ladendorf
Health Professionals Form
Therapeutic Touch Study Group - May/June
1996
- On the Art and Science of Tornado
Chasing, by Bob Ladendorf
Close Encounters with Phil Klass,
by Bob Ladendorf
Letter to the Editor
Blurbs -
Short Takes on Fringe Topics
Skeptics' Congress Report,
Elections to Highlight REALL Meeting July 2
10 Important
Criteria for Determining What is Science - Mar/April
1996
- What's Smoo?, by Martin Kottmeyer
Real Miracles, by David Bloomberg - February
1996
- What if I Weren't a Skeptic?, by
David Bloomberg
The Sacrament of Confirmation, by Bob
Ladendorf
Weirdness on the Web, by Wally Hartshorn
REALLity Checklist -- 1995 in Review, by David Bloomberg - January
1996
- Evolution's River of Life, by
David Bloomberg
Armageddon's River of Blood, by Bob Ladendorf
1993-1995 Subject and Author Indexes
1995
- December 1995
- REALLity Check Special, by David Bloomberg
- November
1995
- Skybald, by Martin Kottmeyer
- October
1995
- Sources
ISTA 1995, by
David Bloomberg - September
1995
- Covering Science, by Stephen
Peterson
Sources - August
1995
- Echoing Arnold, by Martin Kottmeyer
- July
1995
- "We've All Studied Lifton", by
Martin Kottmeyer
The Foxes of Skepticism, by David Bloomberg
- June
1995
- The Sociocultural Genesis of the
Flying Saucer, by Wesley R. Smith, PhD
The Cold Truth about
Psychics, by Bob Smet - May 1995
- The Curse of the Space Mummies, by Martin Kottmeyer
- April
1995
- Legends in Their Own Time, by
David Bloomberg
Organizations of Interest to Skeptics
- March
1995
- Don't Push Me, Lady!, by David
Bloomberg
Presentation on Satanism & The Occult at
ISU, by Prof. Joseph Armstrong
Kottmeyer Wins Award
- February
1995
- Water E.B.E.s, by Martin Kottmeyer
Fortune-Telling Swindles, by Det. Bruce Walstad
Antioxidants,
by Tim Gorski, M.D.
REALLity Checklist, 1994 In Review, by
David Bloomberg - January
1995
- A Look into the Sun - and Other
Tabloids, Part 3, by Bob Ladendorf
Supermarket Tabloids: The
Persistence of (Alleged) Vision, by Bob Ladendorf
Letter to
REALL
Subject Index
Author Index
1994
- December 1994
- A Look into the Sun - and Other Tabloids, Part 2, by Bob
Ladendorf
- November
1994
- A Look into the Sun - and Other
Tabloids, by Bob Ladendorf
Organizations of Interest to
Skeptics - October
1994
- What It Means to be a Rational
Skeptic, by Joe Voelkering
The New Fall Season, by David
Bloomberg
Organizations of Interest to Skeptics - September
1994
- The Panicky Guy, by Martin
Kottmeyer
The Biggest UFO Conspiracy, by David Bloomberg
Letter to the Editor - August
1994
- A Challenge to Federal &
State Agencies, by James Randi
Alternative Medicine:
Entertainment vs. News at NBC, by David Bloomberg
Scooby Doo,
Where Are You?, by Tim Madigan - July
1994
- The Eyes That Spoke, by Martin
Kottmeyer
Organizations of Interest to Skeptics - June
1994
- A Matter of Life and Near-Death,
by Robert E. McGrath
Probe D'roid, by Martin Kottmeyer
- May
1994
- Spawn of Inseminoid, by Martin
Kottmeyer
A Night of Magic and Skepticism with Randi, by Bob
Ladendorf
Letter to the Editor - April
1994
- Police Use of Psychics, Results of
a 1993 Questionnaire, by Det. Bruce Walstad
Book Capsules, by
David Bloomberg - March
1994
- On the Till-Hovind Debate, by
Prof. Karen E. Bartelt, Ph.D.
Another Psychic Encounter, by
Det. Bruce Walstad
Close Encounters of the FOX Kind, by David
Bloomberg - February
1994
- Alien Suckers, by Martin Kottmeyer
Ray Hyman: "The Very Model of the Modern Major Skeptic", by Robert E.
McGrath
REALLity Checklist, 1993 In Review, by David Bloomberg
Survey Results - January
1994
- Noah's Ark Hoax Update, by David
Bloomberg
Child Abuse or Science Abuse?, by David Bloomberg
Subject Index to Volume 1
Author Index to Volume 1
1993
- December 1993
- The Five "Laws" of Quack Science, by Roy Auerbach
Pseudo-Science Terminology, by David Bloomberg - November
1993
- REALL at the ISTA Convention, by
David Bloomberg
Electronic Skepticism, by David Bloomberg
- October
1993
- Who is Susan Blackmore?, by Robert
E. McGrath
The Omega Projection, by Martin Kottmeyer
- September
1993
- Incredible Mysteries of Sun
Pictures, by David Bloomberg
Letter to CBS, by Farrell Till
Predicting the Lottery, by David Bloomberg - August
1993
- Psychics and Law Enforcement, by
Prof. Steve Egger
10 Tips for Effective Letter Writing, by
Mary Lou Mendum - July
1993
- The Alien "Booger" Menace, by
Martin Kottmeyer
The Theory of Dark Suckers, by Author Unknown
Board Member Self-Portraits, by REALL Board of Directors
Call
for Articles, by Bob Ladendorf
No-Back Back Page, by Martin
Kottmeyer - June
1993
- Vampires - Myth and Reality, by
Robert E. McGrath
Conversation with a Creationist, by Ranse
Traxler
Logic Abuse and CBS, by David Bloomberg - May 1993
- The Saucer Error, by Martin Kottmeyer
A Brief
Meeting with Jacki Mari, Psychic, by Det. Bruce Walstad
Lights, Camera, Action - A Tale of Two TV Shows, by Det. Bruce Walstad
Book Capsule: The Faith Healers, by Bob Ladendorf
- April
1993
- The Misconceptions of Evolution,
by Ranse Traxler
Saucers for Sale: An Evening with a UFO
Cheerleader, by Bob Ladendorf & David Bloomberg - March
1993
- Proper Criticism, by Ray Hyman
- February
1993
- Pencil-Neck Aliens, by Martin S.
Kottmeyer
But the Bad News Is..., by Dr. Eugenie C. Scott
Myths & Reality: The Science Gap, reviewed by David Bloomberg
So Now You're a Skeptic, by Wally Hartshorn
Origins of REALL,
by David Bloomberg
- Author Index
(out-of-date)
- Subject
Index (out-of-date)
