skeptic
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Appeared in the February 26, 2026, print edition as 'A Vaccine Skeptic for Surgeon General'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026
But Michael Shermer, editor of Skeptic magazine, is skeptical.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 4, 2021
Another site, Review Skeptic, which is based on the Cornell research, allows users to cut and paste reviews into a box to be analyzed.
From Washington Post • Oct. 29, 2020
Suffice it to say that while bemoaning the sloppy scholarship of gender studies scholars, Boghossian and Lindsay’s explanation of the hoax in a Skeptic article contained philosophical mistakes that a second-year undergraduate could detect.
From Salon • Jul. 29, 2017
The Skeptic and the Philosopher wrung her hand until I know her little fingers ached, and they stared at her, the one like a brother, the other like—well, she must have seen for herself.
From A Court of Inquiry by Richmond, Grace S. (Grace Smith)
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