Mann Bites Dog: Why ‘Climategate’ Was Newsworthy
When a dog bites a man, that is not news, because it happens so often. But if a man bites a dog, that is news. —John D. Bogart As evidence for human-caused climate change has mounted, global warming...
View ArticleOprah Winfrey: Bright (but Gullible) Billionaire
There are two Oprah Winfreys. One is the African-American woman who struggled against incredible odds in abject poverty to become the wealthiest, most admired woman in America. No one has summarized...
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Disinformation about Global Warming
For the past decade I have followed the growing evidence for climate change and global warming, talking to colleagues who are atmospheric scientists and attending presentations by leading scientists...
View ArticleThings We Know That Are Not So
Conversations with people of varying backgrounds often provide many examples of the widespread and strongly held misunderstandings regarding psychology. For example, most people know that: Students...
View ArticleOur Deliberate Slide into Ignorance
“We are the greatest country on the face of the earth!” That phrase has been shouted so often and so loudly that we rise and cheer en masse every time a politician makes the jingoistic proclamation....
View ArticleJohn Edward: Spirit Huckster
“Psychic medium” John Edward is reemerging from relative obscurity after his popular television show, Crossing Over with John Edward, ended in 2004. He appears on another cable show, gives tours, has...
View ArticleThe Mystery of the Moving Tombstone
Dutch police experts gather around a TV screen. They are watching footage from a hidden camera that was positioned to monitor a supposed case of vandalism at the graveyard of Aaslum, a little village...
View ArticlePsychic Defective: Sylvia Browne’s History of Failure
The most extensive study of alleged psychic Sylvia Browne’s predictions about missing persons and murder cases reveals a strange discrepancy: despite her repeated claim to be more than 85 percent...
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