"the Skeptic" Journal

Volume 22 - 2002

The full content of the 2002 volume of the Skeptic is available on The Great Skeptic CD.

Volume 22 No 1

• Editorial - First the Good News - Barry Williams
• Around the Traps - Bunyip
• Forum
• Letters
• Notices
• Crossword
• Lead Balloon: Coals to Newcastle - Richard Lead
• Bill to Provide Protection - Cheryl Freeman
• Science, Skepticism & the Simpsons - David Davies
• When Saints become Sinners - Bruce Wildish
• Story of a Sound Skeptic - Colin Keay
• Balls - Sir Jim R Wallaby
• Cadena Interviews: Jerry Andrus - Richard Cadena
• Unconditioned Reflex - Paul Brown
• Good Word: Words from the Fringe - Mark Newbrook
• Healing - Karen Stollznow
• Poesy: Lament - Joan Vaughan-Taylor
• Review: Tricks of the Psychic Trade - Helen Vnuk
• Review: Two Views of Evolution - James Gerrand
• Review: Real Flood Geology - Ian Plimer
• Review: New Look at Old Legend - Liz Armstrong
• Review: It’s not Easy being Green - Ian Plimer
• Review: Mysteries Explained - Mark Newbrook
• Review: A Curious Friendship - Rob Hardy
• Notice: Eureka Prize Update
• Notice: Great Skeptic CD
• Notice: Fourth World Skeptics Conference

Volume 22 No 2

• Editorial - Matters for Concern - Barry Williams
• Around the Traps - Bunyip
• Letters
• Notices
• Crossword
• Bogus Blood Tests - Cheryl Freeman
• TRD-CRT Breast Screen - Cheryl Freeman
• A Dutiful Mind - Martin Hadley
• Ghost Tour sans Ghost - Karen Stollznow
• Playing the Man - Mark Newbrook
• Psych’s Crackpot Geniuses - John Malouff & Nicola Schutte
• The Null Hypothesis - Ludwig Krippahl
• Poesy: Diviner’s Intervention - Jim Wilshire
• Lead Balloon: Two Wins for the Good Guys - Richard Lead
• Good Word: Words of Confusion - Mark Newbrook
• Ready for Battle - Richard Saunders
• Dowsing for Dowsers - Rosemary Sceats
• Reminders - Sir Jim R Wallaby
• Barking up the Wrong Tree - Anon Pro Tem
• Perception of Auras - Kirk Straughen
• Obituary: Stephen Jay Gould - Barry Williams
• Review: So Bad it’s Very Good - Barry Williams
• Review: Intelligent Design - Not - Colin Groves
• Review: Glossy Propaganda - Colin Keay
• Review: The Universe Around Us - Rob Hardy
• Review: Good in Parts - Peter Bowditch
• Notice: National Convention

Volume 22 No 3

• Editorial - Dilution or Delusion? - Barry Williams
• Around the Traps - Bunyip
• Letters
• Forum
• Notices
• You Are Not Immune - Martin Hadley
• Letting the Side Down - Peter Bowditch
• News - On the AltMed Front
• News - Eureka Winners Announced
• Trust Me, I’m a Science Communicator - Rob Morrison
• Poesy: Bachelor of Seance - Jim Wilshire
• A Case of Science and Justice - Bret Christian
• How to Identify Good Science - Anthony Wheeler
• The Light Fantastic - Sir Jim R Wallaby
• This Little Piggy - Karen Stollznow
• Lead Balloon: Skeptics in Wonderland - Richard Lead
• Good Word: More Wordplay - Mark Newbrook
• No Room at the Hinn - Peter Bowditch
• Cold Facts: Antarctic Science - Stephen Martin
• Chinosaurs in Sydney - Barry Williams
• Musings of an Agnostic - Ben Morphett
• Russian Roulette - Annie Warburton
• Doing it Tough: Church Taxation - Liz Armstrong
• Breath of Fresh GASS - Richard Saunders
• Review: Investigating God - Rob Hardy
• Review: Science With Humour - Margaret Kittson
• Review: Signs - Helen Vnuk
• Review: Cosmos - Richard Saunders
• Review: Reviews in Brief - Colin Keay, James Gerrand
• Branch Notes
• Notice: National Convention

Volume 22 No 4

• Editorial - Called to Account - Barry Williams
• Around the Traps - Bunyip
• Letters
• Notices
• Dante and Virgil Go Down to Hurstville - Peter Bowditch
• News - Award Winners - Barry Williams
• News - Convention Post-mortem - Rosemary Sceats
• Convention Summary - Vicki Moss
• Convention Paper - Sucker Bets - Roland Seidel
• Convention Lead Balloon - Money Myths - Richard Lead
• Convention Paper - Gamblerss’ Superstitions - Paul Rylance
• Seeking: Travels of a Peripatetic Skeptic - Richard Saunders
• Should Christians support AiG? - Brian Baxter
• Meeting a Challenge - Ian Bryce
• Enough to Make a Statue Weep - John Happs
• The Cheshire Cat - Helen Lawrence
• Sponsorship Now Official - Barry Williams
• Good Word: Confused Language - Mark Newbrook
• Who You Gonna Call - Karen Stollznow
• In Deadly Ernest - Tim Train
• Poesy - Cancel Christmas - Joan Vaughan-Taylor
• Review - Neither Skeptical nor an Environmentalist - Ian Lowe
• Review: What a Blast - Ian Bryce
• Just a Giant Movie Lot - Peter Barrett

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