One of the first highly controversial stories in True, with some readers loving it, and others hating it. So let’s start with the story that started it all (in the 18 July 1999 issue):
Reader Feedback
I Wanted to Hear Some Complaints
Complaints? Really? Really.
Good Clean Fun
I’m in Southern California, where I’ll again be giving the after-dinner wake-up speech at the Skeptics Society’s annual conference in Pasadena, Calif. I have the delightful job of presenting an “award” for the dumbest thing of 1998 (culled, of course, from True!) to warm up the crowd for the Keynote speaker. The theme this year: “Reinventing Evolution: The Great Debate at the High Table of Evolutionary Theory.”
Fun Mail, Funny Male
While I’m not always able to reply to email, I love getting comments from readers — I do personally read them all. I even appreciate the bad stuff. I prefer the fun stuff, of course, but even rants can be useful. Here’s one of each type, so you get the idea:
Your Source for Medical Info…?
A U.S. doctor who reads True was distressed over the story last week (7 June 1998 issue) on “exploding head syndrome”.
Roto-Reuter
Every once in a while I get a note asking why I use the credit “(Reuter)” instead of “(Reuters)”.
Letter to the Editor
After nearly a year and a half of publication, and commonly getting about 300 emails per day from readers, I finally actually publish a few letters to the editor.