Jeff Dellinger
October 23, 2024 by Jeff DellingerWelcome to the Morning Heresy, CFI’s roundup of news and headlines for the reality-based community. CSI Chief Investigator Kenny Biddle delivers a longread account of his much-anticipated investigation of the Bellaire House. I recall finding the house on Google and reading about paranormal portals, malevolent spirits possessing enthusiastic ghost hunters, and a demonic little girl …
October 21, 2024 by Jeff DellingerWelcome to the Morning Heresy, CFI’s regular roundup of news and headlines for the reality-based community. A quick programming note: the Morning Heresy will be off this Friday (10/25) so that we can bring you a full recap of CSICon 2024 Day One. That’s right…after months of anticipation, the conference finally kicks off this week …
October 18, 2024 by Jeff DellingerHappy Friday! Welcome to the Morning Heresy, CFI’s roundup of news and headlines for the reality-based community. In his weekly Free Inquiry column, Ronald Lindsay reflects on Yorgos Lanthimos’s latest film, Kinds of Kindness. The film consists of three, mostly unrelated segments. Each segment is what I would characterize as a fable: a story …
October 16, 2024 by Jeff DellingerAhoy-hoy! Welcome to the Morning Heresy, CFI’s thrice-weekly roundup of news and headlines for the reality-based community. We’ll start today at CFI’s Quackwatch, where you’ll find this week’s edition of the Consumer Health Digest. Items featured this week include: ScienceSaves is currently gathering signatures for its 2025 National Science Appreciation Day online petition. The goal …
October 14, 2024 by Jeff DellingerWelcome to the Monday Morning Heresy, CFI’s thrice-weekly roundup of news and headlines for the reality-based community. Susan Gerbic does not mince words in her latest Skeptical Inquirer column, excoriating the credulous media “enablers” who are helping medium Tyler Henry promote his new Netflix show. These enablers have no conscience whatsoever. They just label his …
October 11, 2024 by Jeff DellingerWelcome to the Morning Heresy, CFI’s roundup of news and headlines for the reality-based community. Skeptical Inquirer’s Benjamin Radford shares his analysis of the Hulu documentary series Demons and Saviors, which centers on a woman who “claimed to have psychic abilities as a teen and was later convicted of murdering her three-year-old daughter.” A more …
October 9, 2024 by Jeff DellingerWelcome to the Morning Heresy, CFI’s thrice-weekly roundup of news and headlines for the reality-based community. CFI Director of Government Affairs Azhar Majeed is quoted in a new story at The Hill, detailing the growing pushback against the Oklahoma “Bibles-in-classrooms” mandate, specifically among individual districts that are opting to ignore it (as CFI urged them …
October 7, 2024 by Jeff DellingerAhoy-hoy! Welcome to the Morning Heresy, CFI’s thrice-weekly roundup of news and headlines for the reality-based community. In August, CFI’s Office of Public Policy testified in support of a Massachusetts bill that would combat the “unfair and deceptive” marketing practices of so-called “crisis pregnancy centers.” As Director of Government Affairs Azhar Majeed wrote: These centers …
October 4, 2024 by Jeff DellingerHappy Friday, everyone! Welcome to the Morning Heresy, CFI’s roundup of news and headlines for the reality-based community. CFI’s Office of Public Policy has written the fifty largest school districts across Texas, urging them to reject the state’s proposed ‘Bible-influenced’ curriculum (you can read the version of the letter sent to the Houston ISD here). …
October 2, 2024 by Jeff DellingerWelcome to the midweek edition of the Morning Heresy, CFI’s thrice-weekly roundup of news and headlines for the reality-based community. Skeptical Inquirer columnist Autumn Sword’s latest explores “Cult Cops: What Happens When Sheriffs Believe Conspiracy Theories?” Millerville’s “Conspiracy Cop” has drawn scrutiny from the public through social media and led a minority of the City …