James “the Amazing” Randi is an icon of skepticism. The man has done more — over a span of several decades — to further the cause of critical thinking and to expose flimflammery of all sorts than arguably anyone else in the world, ever. That is...

* David Pogue of the New York Times compares Amazon's Kindle to Barnes & Noble's Nook: the Kindle still seems to be far ahead of its competitor. * Jon Stewart exposes Glenn Beck's hypocrisy, once again. * Yours truly guest posts at Gotham Skeptic, on...

[from guest blogger and podcast co-host Julia Galef] Hey there, rational readers! I’m honored to be Massimo’s guest blogger and co-host of the upcoming Rationally Speaking podcast for the NYC Skeptics. Since our second episode is scheduled to air...

* With all the controversy about the stolen emails concerning climate change, where is the data, really? Online, available for everyone to play with. * The CIA used to teach his agents magic tricks. Now they prefer setting up torture chambers. Times...

Dear readers, Rationally Speaking is soon going to be (also) a podcast, produced by New York City Skeptics, and co-hosted by Julia Galef and yours truly. Before each episode (initially biweekly, starting at the end of January), we will publish a...