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A year from this post shall be the weekend of CSICon 2022! Save the date! They claim this will be the "Best CSICon, Yet!" I don't know exactly what they mean by that, but I can believe it*. Anyone else planning to go? * Just kidding! No, I'm actually quite skeptical of that claim. But, I am...

It's time to update my will. For a few years, I have had a donation in my will, no strings attached, with JREF as the recipient. But checking the JREF website, it looks moribund since Randi died. Even before that, it wasn't looking too healthy or active. I'm reluctant to throw money down a...

Hi everyone, CSICon 2021 is still tentative, but scheduled for 21-24 October 2021 at the Flamingo according to Skeptical Inquirer v44 #5. As many know, CFI depends on volunteers to help with setup, registration, checking tickets, line management at book signings, and packing up. We NEVER miss...

Hi everyone, CSICon is five months away and, while nothing is certain, I'm putting out a call for volunteers to help. Tentative volunteers, of course, since CFI hasn't even updated the web site for 2020 yet. We get invited to the volunteer and staff dinner the Wednesday before CSICon, get free...

Egads.... Now the CFI threw their hats into the idiotic Park 51 debate. Here is the press release And here is an article by Orac about the whole issue.

A little shameless plug :) Teaching Freethought: How to Create a Skeptical Kid! with Matt Lowry, high school teacher and skeptic at large Sunday, May 16th 2010 at 1:00 pm Location (Our usual place): Room 613 (behind elevators), University Center East building, 750 S. Halsted (UIC campus)...

IIG Discusses Anita Ikonen (aka Vision From Feeling) on "Skeptically Speaking" Hello. I just wanted to let you know that Jim Newman, Steve Muscarella, and Spencer Marks will be on Skeptically Speaking this coming Friday, February 12, 2010 to discuss Anita Ikonen's (aka Vision From Feeling)...

Apparently some geezer by the name of Robert Rodriguez is undertaking a test for his telepathic powers at CFIW, Hollywood, on 20th December. I imagine the test will enable the applicant to challenge for the JREF million straight away, and the applicant, a Mr Robert Rodriguez is certain he will...

The Center For Inquiry Office of Public Policy is encouraging a show of force at the Capitol Friday Feb 22 through Monday, Feb 25th. It's a bit far for me but maybe some of you closer would consider attending. http://centerforinquiry.net/dc/events/civic_days_at_the_capital/

CFI-Los Angeles's FEED YOUR BRAIN Lecture Series presents The Illusion of Harmony – Science and Religion in Islam Sunday, November 18 11 a.m. in Hollywood 4:30 p.m. in Costa Mesa $6, or free for Friends of the Center Muslim cultures are often enthusiastic about technology, but as a result...

CFI-LA's FEED YOUR BRAIN Lecture Series presents Eddie Tabash The Threat of the Religious Right to our Modern Freedoms Sunday, October 7, at 11 a.m. $6.00 The religious right’s dire impact on the nation has been great. Edward Tabash, chair of CFI-West and a leading First Amendment and...

Wow! Check it out folks! Of course, this is mostly relevant to the JREFers who live in or near Chicago... http://www.centerforinquiry.net/chicago/ This is huge news! Now that there is a CFI/Chicago branch, we'll be able to network in the Midwest that much more effectively. They have a big...