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Volume 22 Issue 3: Simon and the Skeptics

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In Volume 22, Issue 3:

Features:

Jon Wainwright on God
Robert Eagle's tribute to Premanand
Ryan Shaefer on blasphemy
Kylie Sturgess interviews Bruce Hood
David Allen Green on the role of scepticism in Simon Singh's legal triumph.

Also:

Editorial; Chris French & Lindsay Kallis
Hits and Misses; Mark Williams, Wendy Grossman and Chris French on the deaths of Tony Corinda, Martin Gardener and Mary Evans respectively, Homeopathy and the 10:23 campaign, the Court of Protection, and an animal abuse registry.
Skeptic at Large; Wendy Grossman on Science and the Media: The Big Bang Theory
Philosopher's Corner; Julian Baggini on Franklin D. Roosevelt's Inaugural Address
Through a Looking Glass Darkly; Mike Heap on the legitimacy of professions and regulation
Reasonable Doubt; Chris French on angels
Skeps and the City; Tracy King on TAM London, with a competition to win a press pass
Galileo's Doughnuts; Mark Duwe with A Comet's Tale
Skeptical Stats; Mark Williams with the observation that sometimes statistics don’t lie - they’re just plain crazy
Focus On; exploring the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain

Humour

Sprite, by Donald Rooum, the ongoing saga of an ethereal being who has the misfortune to fall for a confirmed skeptic.
Cartoons by Tim Pearce
Pictures from Hilary Evans’ Paranormal Picture Gallery

Book Reviews

Supersense: Why We Believe In the Unbelievable, reviewed by Kylie Sturgess

Letters from our readers

Ray Ward on a new CAM Library: A good thing?
Matt Walters explaining that Sceptics make the worst ghost-hunters
Stueart Campbell and Ray Ward continue to discuss the JFK conspiracy;
Jon Wainwright on seeing things that are not there
Martin Mahner on user-friendly references.