JREF
oracknows | September 2, 2014And now for something completely different...
Due to the holiday and suddenly being informed that my revised manuscript for a certain journal (more on that later) is needed NOW, I don't have time for much of a post. However, a certain bit of bombshell landed over the weekend that should keep those of you interested in the skeptics' movement (as I am) discussing until I finish "fixing" a final version of my manuscript. It came in the form of an announcement that appeared on the James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF) website:
In order to achieve cost-savings and greater efficiency, the Los…
gregladen | August 7, 2013Update: Never mind, Never mind! Scientific American Blogs has taken down Dr. Stollznow's post. So, I guess everything is OK now! False Alarm, everyone go home. Nothing to see here.
Say you are a woman in the Skeptics or Secular movement, professional, possibly working for one of the big organizations. If you are sexually harassed (or worse), the way you get your voice heard is, apparently, to blog your heart out, or use an anonymous tumbler.
That is wrong. Organizations such as JREF and CFI should have been places that were safe, and that would facilitate and amplify your voice as…
oracknows | April 1, 2013I got a bit behind on my work yesterday, so I'll be brief. Yesterday, the James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF) announced its annual Pigasus Awards. Sadly, each and every year, there are far more "deserving" candidates than there are awards to give. However, this year marks something awesome, namely the first time the prize has been awarded to someone who has become such a major focus of this blog over the last year and a half. We're talking Stanislaw Burzynski, who's for the first time won an award that he actually richly deserves:
The Pigasus Award in the Scientist Category goes to…