Jeff Dellinger
“Threadbare and trite” — Catholicism loses Pole position, COP27, baby wormholes, and Bigfoot Tourism
Greetings and salutations! Jeff Dellinger here with today’s Morning Heresy, your regular roundup of news and links for the reality-based community. The first of the month means a brand-new issue of Free Inquiry on newsstands. As always, you’ll find a number of free-to-read articles over at the Free Inquiry website later today, or you can …
November 30, 2022 by JD Sword, Jeff DellingerGreetings, and how the devil are you this morning? This is JD Sword and Jeff Dellinger, bringing you the latest news for the skeptic and reality-based community. Yesterday the full Senate voted 61-36 to pass the Respect for Marriage Act. The bill now heads back to the House, which is expected to pass it, then …
November 29, 2022 by Jeff DellingerGreetings and salutations! Jeff Dellinger here with today’s Morning Heresy, your regular roundup of news and links for the reality-based community. We have a new Consumer Health Digest available at Quackwatch. Topics covered in this edition include: At some point, we’ve all been advised to just “go with your gut.” In “Intuition Gone Wrong” Jamie …
November 22, 2022 by Jeff DellingerGreetings and salutations! Jeff Dellinger here with today’s Morning Heresy, your regular roundup of news and links for the reality-based community. The latest edition of the Consumer Health Digest is available over at Quackwatch. Topics covered in this edition include: Recommendations to promote healthy longevity globally released Theranos founder sentenced Companies warned for selling dietary …
November 17, 2022 by Jeff DellingerGreetings and salutations! Jeff Dellinger here with today’s Morning Heresy, your regular roundup of news and links for the reality-based community. In a recent CFI blog post, Vinod Bhardwaj noted that, instead of spending the money required to remove CO2 from the atmosphere, the “fight” against climate change was being framed as a debate over …
November 15, 2022 by Jeff DellingerGreetings and salutations! Jeff Dellinger here with today’s Morning Heresy, your regular roundup of news and links for the reality-based community. We’ll start at Quackwatch, where you’ll find the latest Consumer Health Digest. This new edition includes: Simone Gold sued Alex Jones ordered to pay for his “malicious’”conduct. India’s Chief Justice speaks out against quackery …
November 10, 2022 by Jeff DellingerGreetings and salutations! Jeff Dellinger here with today’s Morning Heresy, your regular roundup of news and links for the reality-based community. At Free Inquiry, Phil Zuckerman examines why it is that atheists are stereotyped as “immoral.” It’s not that we can’t cook. Or that we often sing out of key. Or that we truly suck …
November 8, 2022 by Jeff DellingerSadly, today’s Morning Heresy begins with the death of a legend: Kendrick Frazier, the longtime editor of Skeptical Inquirer died yesterday at the age of 80. The news of Ken’s death comes as a terrible blow not just to his many colleagues, friends, and admirers within the Center for Inquiry family, but for countless journalists, …
Equality for NonbelieversNovember 7, 2022 by Edward Tabash
Today, it is with great sadness that the Center for Inquiry must announce the passing of Ken Frazier, the editor of Skeptical Inquirer. Ken’s long and successful career in promoting the empirical method and science had a significant impact in persuading countless people to abandon superstition. He was a true world leader in the effort …
November 3, 2022 by Jeff DellingerAhoy-hoy! Jeff Dellinger here with today’s Morning Heresy, your regular roundup of news and links for the reality-based community. Britain is on its third Prime Minister this year alone. At Skeptical Inquirer, Wendy Grossman looks at how the country’s political turmoil is impacting its position in the global scientific community. Britain’s strength in science is …