An Ontario teachers' union is calling for an end to new WiFi setups in the province's 1,400-plus Catholic schools. As I survey the lack of reason that infests--nay, permeates every fiber of--my country, sometimes I despair. Whether it's because of the...

He tells his audience that he didn’t come out so late in life because he was afraid to or unsure of his sexuality, but rather that he just never got around to it. He explains that the people who matter to him, his friends and family, have always known...

He spent a year and a half researching both the skeptic and believer sides of the issue. "I read everything, even works of debunkers, of scientists that talk about this stuff, like James Randi and Martin Gardner," he says. "Ninety percent of everything...

Since 1996, The James Randi Educational Foundation has offered $1 million to any psychic who can prove their powers are real under fair conditions that prevent cheating. When challenged, many psychics have made excuses for why they won't put their...

The James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF) is publishing a new series of e-books. The first two offerings are an excellent new book on critical thinking by Bob Carroll, Unnatural Acts, and the first in a planned series of republications of classic...

A second goal of skeptical hoaxing is to make the public aware of a problem. Typically, the skeptical hoaxers will aim to show that the claim of a paranormal concept is flawed; it is not necessary to reach for a supernatural explanation when...