Mad Cows, Mad Corn and Mad Communities
Why experts and lay people perceive risk differently
By Jeanine DeNoma

Public Perceptions of Risk
By Melissa L. Finucane, Ph.D.

Therapeutic Touch
Finally, a Skeptical Book on Therapeutic Touch
Book Review by David Bloomberg

Virues, Hoaxes and Other Gremlins from the Internet
By Raan Young

Puzzle Zone | Pro Factoids

Local Skeptics Groups
Surveying the Skeptic Scene
By Jeanine DeNoma

The O4R Library Project
By Richard Leinaweaver

Local Skeptics Can Make a Difference
By Ben Bradford

The Face On Mars
CSICOP Press Release

Year-end Report on O4R Activities
By Jeanine DeNoma

Finding Darwin's God
Book Review by Dr. William Thwaites

Puzzle Zone | Pro Factoids

The Creation/Evolution Continuum
By Dr. Eugenie Scott

Why We Held Back
The Consequences for Neglecting to Teach Evolution
By Dr. William Thwaites

An Evening with Dennis Lee
By Dave Chapman

Testing a "300% Efficient" Motor
O4R engineers take a critical look at Dennis Lee's motor
By Andrew Greenberg

Ashland Gets a Reality Check
By Ted Clay

How Old Is the Earth?
By Dr. Martin G. Miller

Puzzle Zone | Pro Factoids

Did You Mean What You Meant?
O4R Presentation by By Bill Hoth, Ed.D.

You Don't Have to Cheat to Get it Wrong
By Bob Steiner (On CSICOP website)

Statements That Give Clues
By Phil Pennington

What Happened in Kansas?
By Jeanine DeNoma

Free Energy and Y2K Conspiracies
By Jeanine DeNoma

About This Issue
By Jeanine DeNoma

Puzzle Zone | Ipso Facto | Pro Factoids

In Search of the Golden Meme
Is the meme a useful concept or an overapplied analogy?
By Mark Cowan

Why Are We Pushing Witchcraft On Girls?
By Matt Nisbet

Puzzle Zone | Ipso Facto | Pro Factoids

Benign Hoaxes
Wake-up Calls to the Gullible
By Jeanine DeNoma

Graffiti of the Gods
By Ted Clay

Logical Fallacies
Understanding valid arguments
By Dave Clarke

Reporting Science
Scientific literacy and the media’s role in science education.
By Jeanine DeNoma

Stolen Valor: How the Vietnam generation was robbed of its heros and history
Book Review By Dr. Loren Pankratz

Puzzle Zone | Ipso Facto | Pro Factoids

Unsupported Medical Claims
Errors and misinterpretation in alternative medicine research
O4R Presentation by Dr. Wallace Sampson, summary by Jeanine DeNoma

Scams, Schemes & Swindles
Con-artists and Their Victims
By Jeanine DeNoma

Cons and the Nature of Deception
By Jeanine DeNoma

NIH Acupuncture Consensus Conference
National Council Against Health Fraud

Puzzle Zone | Ipso Facto | Pro Factoids

The Alternative Medicine Movement
An essay from the frontlines of the war on quackery
By Dr. Wallace Sampson

Advice for Skeptics
A television reporter tells how skeptics can influence programming
By Clyde Freeman Herreid

Underground Pi
Digging Out from Under Pseudoscience
By Mark Cowan

The Platinum Plover Egg
By Phil Pennington

Resources for Evaluating Alternative Medical Claims
By ProFacto Staff

An Interview with Ray Hyman
A leading skeptic discusses skepticism and the skeptical movement
By Jeanine DeNoma

Pro Factoids

Kooks and Kook Traditions
By Donna Kossy

The Oregon UFO Wave That Wasn't
The importance of press skepticism in the 1896-97 Sightings
By Robert Bartholomew

Education's 'Missing Link'
Those Creationists - Why Do They Fear Evolution and Will That Ever Change?
O4R Presentation by Dr. William Thwaites, summary by Jeanine DeNoma

Stranger Than Fiction
Book Review By Loren Pankratz

Pro Factoids

Critical and Criminal Thinking
How brain damage can affect brain function
O4R Presentation by Dr. Joel Alexander, summary by Laura Graser

Pulling Our Foot
The Sasquatch Museum
By Ted Clay

The Challenge of Creationist Thinking
How religious doctrine threatens science education
By Dr. William Thwaites

National Center for Science Education
The scientific resource for creation/evolution information
By Jeanine DeNoma

Pro Factoids

Debunking UFOs: Tilting at Windmills
By Bill Capron

Oregonian Battles Pseudoscience
By Jeanine DeNoma

Probing the Brain
From Pickled Brains to Present-day Research
By Jeanine DeNoma

Persistence and Genius
Book Review By Jeanine DeNoma

Pro Factoids

Neurology of the Weird
Brain mechanisms and anomalous experiences
O4R Presentation by Dr. Barry Beyerstein, summary by Jeanine DeNoma

Adequate Evidence for What?
(Based on talk by Larry Laudan at OSU 5/1/97)
By Jeanine DeNoma

The Millennium is Coming - When?
It's a matter of deciding when to celebrate
By Ralph S. Blois

Pro Factoids

Judge Jones Recent Ruling in the Silicon Breast Implant Case
By Laura Graser

Junk Science in the Courtroom
How and why "make-believe" science gets used
By William Masters, Attorney-at-Law

Reason Wins One
O4R Presentation by Attorney J. Michael Dwyer, summary by Bryce Buchanan
Book Reviews By Jey Wann

Skepticism and Murder Mysteries
Book Reviews By Jey Wann

Not Elementary - and Not Holmes
By Jey Wann

Pro Factoids

Suing the Devil: A Case of Abused Trust
By Jeanine DeNoma

Oregon's Ballot Measure 39
Insurance would be required to cover alternative health care
By Bryce Buchanan

Pro Factoids

Skeptics' Confidence Dowsed
By James Randi

A Distinctive Family of Errors
Part III: Reaching Out
By Phil Pennington

What's it Hurt?
By Jeanine DeNoma

Science and the Media
Prominent skeptics examine the roots of misinformation
By Jeanine DeNoma

Pro Factoids

The Politics of Health Fraud
Medicine and modern magic
O4R Presentation by Dr. Joe Schnabel, summary by Bryce Buchanan

Homeopathy Primer
By Bryce Buchanan

Reasoning, Writing and Rare Resources
The Independent Thinker’s Toolbox
By Jeanine DeNoma

Reasoning, Writing and Rare Resources
Lessons from Teaching
By Jeanine DeNoma

Boston and Wentachee
Connected by Credulity and Ignorance
By Bill Capron

Pro Factoids

The Rise of Alternative Medicine: Anti-Science and Propaganda
By Wallace Sampson, M.D.

A Distinctive Family of Errors: Part II: At the Edge of Human Comprehension
By Phil Pennington

The James Randi Challenge
Pseudoscience Bites the Dust — Big Time
By Raan Young

If You Wish It Were True, I Have a Product For You
By Bryce Buchanan

1995
A Credulous Year in Review
By Jeanine DeNoma

Pro Factoids

What We Believe ... And Why
Validating Our World View
By Jeanine DeNoma

A Distinctive Family of Errors
Part I: Don’t Get Burned
By Phil Pennington

Memory, Cognition, Hallucinations
Cataloguing error-brain ideas
By Jeanine DeNoma

Polygraph: Take It Or Leave It
By Anonymous

Popular Limitations on Rationality
By Dr. Bruce Stewart

Jerry Andrus on Perceiving Reality
A Master of Illusions
By Jeanine DeNoma

Pro Factoids

Albany's Awesome Andrus
Illusionist Jerry Andrus Is O4R's best-known member
By Jeanine DeNoma

An Up-to-Date Debate?
Answering Back
By Jeanine DeNoma

Imnaha’s UFO Illuminates Town Hall
By Phil Pennington

John Mack and ET vs. Harvard Medical School
By Bryce Buchanan

An Up-to-Date Debate?
A Textbook Case
By Jeanine DeNoma

Pro Factoids

Eye-Witness Accounts
Adequate Evidence? Maybe Not...
By Jeanine DeNoma

Photographic Fakery
Adequate Evidence? Maybe Not...
By Avery Wilkins

Spirits Advance to Computers
By Jeanine DeNoma

A Night on the Town Hall
By Jeff Jones

The Trials of Evolution
Evolution and "creation science" in the courtroom
By Jeanine Denoma

Unorthodox Medicine in Oregon
Several bills have been introduced supporting alternative care
By Jeanine DeNoma

Pro Factoids

Impostors, Pretenders and Deceivers
What gives liars away?
By Loren Pankratz

President's Corner
More Alien Abductions?
By Bryce Buchanan

Psychics and Scientists
Mediums, Messages, and their Meanings
By Jeanine DeNoma

Society for Amateur Scientists
Press Release

Spiritualist Memories
Mediums, Messages, and their Meanings
By Jeanine DeNoma

Pro Factoids

The Psychology of Belief
Seattle, Sagan, and Psychology
By Jeanine DeNoma

From Incubi to ET
Seattle, Sagan and Psychology
By Bryce Buchanan

The President's Corner
An Irrational World
By Bryce Buchanan

Proper Criticism
The Importance of Responsible and Effective Communication
By Ray Hyman

Who are Oregonians for Rationality?
By Jeanine DeNoma

Pro Factoids