Ben, a  frequent commenter here, has written a neat little short story which he dedicates to "Michael Prescott and all contributors to his blog." Thanks, Ben!

Two unrelated things: First, there’s an interesting discussion about life after death at the Ayn Rand Contra Human Nature blog. I’ve posted a few comments myself. The positions taken run the gamut from supporting belief in the afterlife (my view) to considering it at least a theoretical possibility (the bloggers’ view, I think) to dismissing…

I know I’ve mentioned it before, but for the benefit of newer readers I would like to once again recommend the excellent blog Paranormalia, which presents the case for psi in a judicious, evenhanded, sensible, and often witty manner. I’d also like to recommend the very expensive but indispensable book Irreducible Mind, by Kelly and…

Stephen E. Braude points me to a blog called Paranormalia, which looks to be of extremely high quality from the bits I’ve read. It seems to have started up in September of 2006, but posting was infrequent until the last two months. The blog description reads: Parapsychologists think some paranormal claims are genuine. Sceptics say…