The Center for Inquiry

The mission of the Center for Inquiry is to foster a secular society based on science, reason, freedom of inquiry, and humanist values.

Learn more about CFI »

The FDA is giving serious consideration to our petition to require that all over-the-counter homeopathic drugs meet the standards of effectiveness applicable to non-homeopathic drugs. Read the letter from the FDA »

Employment Opportunity: The Center for Inquiry is looking for a Web Developer. Read more »

 

“The Raven” (A Nickell-odeon Review)

Investigative Briefs  with Joe Nickell
May 16, 2012

Baltimore, 1849. First, there is the brutal murder of a woman and her daughter in a fourth-floor apartment that is locked from the inside. Then the body of a man named Griswold is found in a torture chamber, sliced in half by a great curved blade at the end of a pendulum.

Read more | 1 Comment

L. Frank Baum, Freethought Firebrand?

Advocatus Diaboli  with Tom Flynn
May 16, 2012

Tomorrow (May 17) is the 112th anniversary of the publication of that subversive freethought children's book, THE WIZARD OF OZ. You didn't know it was a freethought book? Have I got a tale for you ...

Read more

The Morning Heresy 5/16/12: Tugging on My Kuiper Belt

by Paul Fidalgo
May 16, 2012

Your daily digest of relevant news and links from Paul Fidalgo

Urgent new action alert: The House version of the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act strips away crucial protections based on sexual orientation, religion, and nationality. We need you to take action right now to oppose this version of the bill, and to tell the House to take up the Senate version, which CFI supported

Read more

The Morning Heresy 5/15/12: They Can’t Burn Our Internet

by Paul Fidalgo
May 15, 2012

Your daily digest of relevant news and links from Paul Fidalgo

Everyone at CFI is feeling like a proud parent today, because our plucky podcast is getting some well-overdue accolades from the mainstream press. Hyperactive news website Business Insider named our own Point of Inquiry one of the 10 best podcasts, grouping it with such shows as Wait Wait Don't Tell Me! and Anderson Cooper 360. We are beaming! Our sincere congratulations to hosts Chris Mooney and Indre Viskontas, and producer Adam Isaak! (And yeah, we'll be making more noise about this, because that's what proud parents do.)

Read more | 1 Comment