Features
Reincarnation: Overview of the work of Ian Stevenson (1918-2007)
Leonard Angel recounts his experience of a possible post-mortem encounter with the world’s most famous investigator of reincarnation claims
Exposing the Myth of Alcoholics Anonymous. Part 2: Cult not Cure
Steven Mohr concludes his two-part investigation of Alcoholics Anonymous
Amazon’s Amazing Admission
Mark Newbrook gives his reasons for being less than satisfied with Amazon’s policy on book reviews
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 and The Parking Lot is Full
Pictures from Hilary Evans’ Paranormal Picture Gallery
Book reviews
Ghost Hunters: The Victorians and the Hunt for Proof of Life After Death by Deborah Blum
How to Win Every Argument: The Use and Abuse of Logic by Madsen Pirie
Phantasmagoria: Spirit Visions, Metaphor and Media into the Twenty-first Century by Marina Warner
Bad Medicine: Doctors Doing Harm Since Hippocrates by David Wootton
News and comment
Editorial
Chris French and Lindsay Kallis
Skeptical Stats
A column based on the observation that sometimes statistics don’t lie – they’re just plain crazy…
Hits and Misses
Chilling thoughts
Upon a star, and tree
In the dark
Science debate
Skeptic at large
Wendy M Grossman
Philosopher’s Corner
Julian Baggini
From Michael Heap
Chairman of the Association for Skeptical Enquiry
Letters from our readers
A Proposal for Televised Debates
Jesus in Japan
Doubting Dawkins
Sceptical of Skeptical Stats
The Meaning of ‘Agnosticism’