Michael De Dora is director of CFI's Office of Policy and the organization's representative to the U.N. Michael has an M.A. in political theory from Brooklyn College, and a B.A. in Rhetoric and Communication from the University at Albany. He also blogs at: www.themoralperspective.comMichael De Dora is director of CFI's Office of Policy and the organization's representative to the U.N. Michael has an M.A. in political theory from Brooklyn College, and a B.A. in Rhetoric and Communication from the University at Albany. He also blogs at: www.themoralperspective.com

Recent Entries

• CFI, 22 Other Groups Urge Obama to Ban Anti-LGBT Discrimination by Federal Contractors

  May 3, 2012

• My speech at the Unite Women rally

  May 1, 2012

• The war on women

  April 25, 2012

• On the death of Andrew Breitbart (and others)

  April 13, 2012

• CFI to HHS: Don’t Force Insurers to Pay for Acupuncture

  April 5, 2012

Tom Flynn is executive director of the Council for Secular Humanism and editor of its flagship magazine, Free Inquiry. He was a founding coeditor of the newsletter Secular Humanist Bulletin and a founder of the First Amendment Task Force, now a project of the Center for Inquiry. He designed and directs the Council's museum at the Dresden, N.Y., birthplace of 19th century agnostic orator Robert Green Ingersoll. He is also vice president for media at the Center for Inquiry and director of its audio-visual production arm, Inquiry Media Productions. He has …Tom Flynn is executive director of the Council for Secular Humanism and editor of its flagship magazine, Free Inquiry. He was a founding coeditor of the newsletter Secular Humanist Bulletin and a founder of the First Amendment Task Force, now a project of the Center for Inquiry. He designed and directs the Council's museum at the Dresden, N.Y., birthplace of 19th century agnostic orator Robert Green Ingersoll. He is also vice president for media at the Center for Inquiry and director of its audio-visual production arm, Inquiry Media Productions. He has written or edited four books; most recently he edited The New Encyclopedia of Unbelief (Prometheus, 2007) with a foreword by Richard Dawkins.

Recent Entries

• L. Frank Baum, Freethought Firebrand?

  May 16, 2012

• What We’ve Gained—and What We’ve Lost

  May 10, 2012

• Mojave Cross Case Shows Nonbelievers Are Still Second Class Citizens

  April 25, 2012

• Why Seculars Still Don’t Sing: response to James Croft

  April 6, 2012

• In Praise of Falling Birth Rates

  March 26, 2012

Ronald A. Lindsay is president and CEO of the Center for Inquiry. He received his Ph.D. in philosophy from Georgetown University and his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law. He has been described both as a lawyer masquerading as a philosopher and as a philosopher pretending to be a lawyer. Both statements may be true. One undisputed fact: He is the author of Future Bioethics: Overcoming Taboos, Myths, and Dogmas (2008).Ronald A. Lindsay is president and CEO of the Center for Inquiry. He received his Ph.D. in philosophy from Georgetown University and his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law. He has been described both as a lawyer masquerading as a philosopher and as a philosopher pretending to be a lawyer. Both statements may be true. One undisputed fact: He is the author of Future Bioethics: Overcoming Taboos, Myths, and Dogmas (2008).

Recent Entries

• Edwina Rogers—An Inspired Choice?

  May 9, 2012

• A Closer Look at The Republican Brain

  April 15, 2012

• The Republican Brain—Is It Sound Science?

  April 10, 2012

• And Why The Reason Rally Was But One Step Forward On A Long Road

  March 29, 2012

• A Brief Recap of The Reason Rally

  March 29, 2012

Joe Nickell, Ph.D., is Senior Research Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI) and "Investigative Files" Columnist for Skeptical Inquirer. A former stage magician, private investigator, and teacher, he is author of numerous books, including Inquest on the Shroud of Turin (1998), Pen, Ink and Evidence (2003), Unsolved History (2005) and Adventures in Paranormal Investigation (2007). He has appeared in many television documentaries and has been profiled in The New Yorker and on NBC's Today Show. His personal website is at joenickell.com.Joe Nickell, Ph.D., is Senior Research Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI) and "Investigative Files" Columnist for Skeptical Inquirer. A former stage magician, private investigator, and teacher, he is author of numerous books, including Inquest on the Shroud of Turin (1998), Pen, Ink and Evidence (2003), Unsolved History (2005) and Adventures in Paranormal Investigation (2007). He has appeared in many television documentaries and has been profiled in The New Yorker and on NBC's Today Show. His personal website is at joenickell.com.

Recent Entries

• “The Raven” (A Nickell-odeon Review)

  May 16, 2012

• Pop-Culture Zombies

  May 8, 2012

• “Bully” (A Nickell-odeon Review)

  May 3, 2012

• Home Town Destroyed

  April 23, 2012

• Scanning Loch Ness

  April 10, 2012

Born in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1954, Robert Price moved to New Jersey in 1965. At Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary he took an MTS degree in New Testament (1978), then, at Drew University, a PhD in Systematic Theology (1981) and a second PhD in New Testament (1993). He has served as Professor of Religion at Mount Olive College, North Carolina, pastor of First Baptist Church, Montclair, NJ, and Director of the Metro NY Center for Inquiry. He founded and edited the Journal of Higher Criticism and has authored scores of articles on the …Born in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1954, Robert Price moved to New Jersey in 1965. At Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary he took an MTS degree in New Testament (1978), then, at Drew University, a PhD in Systematic Theology (1981) and a second PhD in New Testament (1993). He has served as Professor of Religion at Mount Olive College, North Carolina, pastor of First Baptist Church, Montclair, NJ, and Director of the Metro NY Center for Inquiry. He founded and edited the Journal of Higher Criticism and has authored scores of articles on the Bible and religion. His books include Beyond Born Again, The Widow Traditions in Luke-Acts, Deconstructing Jesus, The Incredible Shrinking Son of Man, The Da Vinci Fraud, The Reason-Driven Life, The Pre-Nicene New Testament, Jesus Is Dead, and The Paperback Apocalypse. Price is a Fellow of the Jesus Seminar. He serves as Professor of Theology and Scriptural Studies at Johnnie Colemon Theological Seminary and Professor of Biblical Criticism for the Center for Inquiry Institute in Amherst, NY. He and his wife Carol and daughters Victoria and Veronica live in Selma, NC.

Recent Entries

• Parity Among Sins

  May 26, 2010

• Bultmann’s Job

  April 29, 2010

• Elisha and the Bears

  April 20, 2010

Benjamin Radford is a scientific paranormal investigator, a research fellow at the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, deputy editor of the Skeptical Inquirer, and author or co-author of five books and hundreds of articles on skepticism, critical thinking, and science literacy. His newest book is Tracking the Chupacabra: The Vampire Beast in Fact, Fiction, and Folklore. Radford is also a columnist for Discovery News and LiveScience.com. Benjamin Radford is a scientific paranormal investigator, a research fellow at the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, deputy editor of the Skeptical Inquirer, and author or co-author of five books and hundreds of articles on skepticism, critical thinking, and science literacy. His newest book is Tracking the Chupacabra: The Vampire Beast in Fact, Fiction, and Folklore. Radford is also a columnist for Discovery News and LiveScience.com.

Recent Entries

• Is The ‘Real-Life Barbie’ a Media Myth?

  May 14, 2012

• People Don’t Read, and Why It Matters to Skepticism

  April 30, 2012

• A Skeptical Look at ‘Balance’

  April 16, 2012

• Labyrinths, New Age Feminism, and Skepticism

  March 21, 2012

• Rush Limbaugh, Being a Dick, and Skepticism

  March 8, 2012

James Underdown has been Executive Director of the Center for Inquiry-Los Angeles since 1999. He is also the Founder and Chair of the Independent Investigations Group, a team of inquirers who look into paranormal, pseudo-scientific, and extraordinary claims. He is also the creator of the Steve Allen Theater at CFI-L.A. Jim has appeared on numerous radio and TV shows including Hannity and Colmes, Penn and Teller's Bullshit, History's Mysteries, Proof Positive, and the Oprah Winfrey Show. He is a regular Skeptical Sunday guest on the SETI Institute's Are We Alone? radio …James Underdown has been Executive Director of the Center for Inquiry-Los Angeles since 1999. He is also the Founder and Chair of the Independent Investigations Group, a team of inquirers who look into paranormal, pseudo-scientific, and extraordinary claims. He is also the creator of the Steve Allen Theater at CFI-L.A. Jim has appeared on numerous radio and TV shows including Hannity and Colmes, Penn and Teller's Bullshit, History's Mysteries, Proof Positive, and the Oprah Winfrey Show. He is a regular Skeptical Sunday guest on the SETI Institute's Are We Alone? radio show/podcast. His many pre-CFI endeavors include writing and directing short films (A Day in the Life of Frank Sinatra, The Test, Dear Father), and directing his stage play, Party of 13, a secular re-telling of the Last Supper. Jim also toured midwest comedy clubs as the Poet Laureate of Calumet City, IL.

Recent Entries

• And another thing, Tebow…

  January 12, 2012

• No Justice Scalia

  October 5, 2011

• An Atheist in Church

  August 10, 2011

• Top Ten Rapture Excuses

  May 18, 2011

• What’s next, Moses’ Red Sea Water Park?

  December 1, 2010

John Shook is Vice President and Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Inquiry Transnational in Amherst, N.Y., and Research Associate in Philosophy at the University at Buffalo, since 2006. He has authored and edited more than a dozen books, is a co-editor of three philosophy journals, and travels for lectures and debates across the United States and around the world.John Shook is Vice President and Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Inquiry Transnational in Amherst, N.Y., and Research Associate in Philosophy at the University at Buffalo, since 2006. He has authored and edited more than a dozen books, is a co-editor of three philosophy journals, and travels for lectures and debates across the United States and around the world.

Recent Entries

• Sam Harris’s New Plan for the War on Islam

  May 2, 2012

• I’m So Over God—but I’m No Atheist!

  April 17, 2012

• Don’t Bother Praying Before That Exam

  April 7, 2012

• Is there Nothing Wrong with Being Religious?

  March 17, 2012

• Christians Protesting at the Reason Rally

  March 4, 2012

Reba Boyd Wooden is Executive Director of Center for Inquiry Indiana. She started Humanist Friendship Group of Central Indiana in 1999 which became Center for Inquiry Community of Indiana in 2005. On April 1, 2007, Center for Inquiry Indiana opened on the Indianapolis downtown canal walk at 350 Canal Walk, Suite A. Reba has a BA from University of Indianapolis with a major in Social Studies Education and a minor in Business Education, an MS from Butler University in History/Education, and an MS in Counseling and Counselor Education from Indiana University. …Reba Boyd Wooden is Executive Director of Center for Inquiry Indiana. She started Humanist Friendship Group of Central Indiana in 1999 which became Center for Inquiry Community of Indiana in 2005. On April 1, 2007, Center for Inquiry Indiana opened on the Indianapolis downtown canal walk at 350 Canal Walk, Suite A. Reba has a BA from University of Indianapolis with a major in Social Studies Education and a minor in Business Education, an MS from Butler University in History/Education, and an MS in Counseling and Counselor Education from Indiana University. She retired after 37 years in public education in 2005. She spent her last 13 years as a high school guidance counselor and the previous years in the classroom. She has two children and five grandchildren. She has officially hiked 7,000+ miles with Indianapolis Hiking Club.

Recent Entries

• White House Judicial Vacancy Briefing

  May 8, 2012

• Church|State Separation Advocates Gather at Indiana Statehouse

  February 16, 2012

• Indiana Senator Kruse Seeks to Erode Indiana Science Standards

  February 1, 2012

• When Lawmakers Don’t Listen to Reason

  January 27, 2012

• The Importance of Voting

  October 21, 2010

Dren Asselmeier is a Campus Organizer at Center for Inquiry On Campus. She served as president of CFI–GVSU and was the Campus Coordinator at CFI–Michigan. Dren has a B.A. in English Language and Literature from Grand Valley State University, and is currently the president of Buffalo Area Non-Profit Professionals as well as a contributor for We Are Skeptixx, The Course of Reason, and Free Thinking—the CFI blog.Dren Asselmeier is a Campus Organizer at Center for Inquiry On Campus. She served as president of CFI–GVSU and was the Campus Coordinator at CFI–Michigan. Dren has a B.A. in English Language and Literature from Grand Valley State University, and is currently the president of Buffalo Area Non-Profit Professionals as well as a contributor for We Are Skeptixx, The Course of Reason, and Free Thinking—the CFI blog.

Paul Fidalgo is communications director of the Center for Inquiry, and previously led communications for the Secular Coalition for America and FairVote: the Center for Voting and Democracy. He holds a master’s degree in political management from George Washington University, where his master’s thesis was on atheists in American politics. Paul is also an actor and musician whose work includes five years performing with the American Shakespeare Center. He lives in Maine with his wife Jessica and son Toby. His personal blog is Near Earth Object.Paul Fidalgo is communications director of the Center for Inquiry, and previously led communications for the Secular Coalition for America and FairVote: the Center for Voting and Democracy. He holds a master’s degree in political management from George Washington University, where his master’s thesis was on atheists in American politics. Paul is also an actor and musician whose work includes five years performing with the American Shakespeare Center. He lives in Maine with his wife Jessica and son Toby. His personal blog is Near Earth Object.

Kendrick Frazier is editor of the Skeptical Inquirer and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is editor of several anthologies, including Science Under Siege: Defending Science, Exposing Pseudoscience.Kendrick Frazier is editor of the Skeptical Inquirer and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is editor of several anthologies, including Science Under Siege: Defending Science, Exposing Pseudoscience.

Debbie Goddard is the campus outreach coordinator at the Center for Inquiry and the director of African Americans for Humanism. Before working for CFI, she participated in local freethought groups in the greater Philadelphia region and helped organize and support campus groups internationally as a volunteer. She has also been involved with LGBTQ issues and progressive activism.Debbie Goddard is the campus outreach coordinator at the Center for Inquiry and the director of African Americans for Humanism. Before working for CFI, she participated in local freethought groups in the greater Philadelphia region and helped organize and support campus groups internationally as a volunteer. She has also been involved with LGBTQ issues and progressive activism.

Julia Lavarnway is the managing editor of the Skeptical Inquirer and the “News and Views” columnist for Free Inquiry's quarterly newsletter, Secular Humanist Bulletin. She is the founder of We Are SkeptiXX, a blog dedicated to supporting women in the skeptics movement.Julia Lavarnway is the managing editor of the Skeptical Inquirer and the “News and Views” columnist for Free Inquiry's quarterly newsletter, Secular Humanist Bulletin. She is the founder of We Are SkeptiXX, a blog dedicated to supporting women in the skeptics movement.