My good friend Bill Baird – a prominent activist for civil rights – will be on ABC New's Internet program today – Wednesday, June 3^rd, 2009 – on Nightline's Face Off show. It will be aired live from 12:30 - 1pm and then available at any time online after that.

The Pro-Choice League – Bill’s group – are raising money in order to go to the annual National Right to Life Committee Convention again this year.  Bill has attended more right-to-life conventions than most of the anti-abortion side for the past 35 years! They need to raise $2,500 to pay for the trip. The JREF and I, personally, are sending contributions to Bill, and we invite your participation.

You probably know that homeopathy involves diluting substances down well beyond Avogadro's Limit, to the point where there are no atoms or molecules of the substance remaining - but the medicinal value is said to still be there. Don't look at me!  It's their idea, not mine! It's all a matter of magical vibrations, of course...

If you've ever wondered what homeopathy is really all about, you can now have revealed to you by a devout disciple of the calling, George Vithoulkas, on his website.

We've always said that homeopathy is eligible for the million-dollar prize, but Julia Wilson, Development Officer for Sense About Science in London needs it here on the page – for some strange reason. We've offered it on BBC, in print, by lectures, all over the world, and it has always – 100% of the time – failed tests. It was reported as a failure in Nature Magazine...

So, Julia, here it is, again, as if it had to be repeated once more: if anyone can show that homeopathy works, the James Randi Educational Foundation will pay them the million-dollar prize...

We have some bad news and some good news for TAM London, which will be held at the Mermaid Conference and Events Centre in London on 3-4 October 2009.

First, the good news: the Australian singer/comedian Tim Minchin will be joining our lineup! Tim wrote the brilliant and hilarious beat poem "Storm" - about a dinner encounter with a believer of woo - which swept through the skeptical community a few months ago. His music is skeptical in nature and very, very funny. He's extremely popular and very busy, so we're thrilled he will appear at TAM London.

Next, the not-so-good news: Professor Richard Dawkins can no longer attend due to an unavoidable scheduling conflict. Richard is a great friend of the JREF and we're saddened he cannot make it, but because he is such a friend he has very generously offered to give us a DVD of a television program he presented on BBC Four. A copy of this DVD will be given free of charge to every TAM London attendee.

We understand how popular Richard is - we like him, too! - and if this changes your plans to attend TAM London, we understand. Please contact us at info@tamlondon.org; we do have a refund policy in place.

We apologize for this inconvenience, but we continue striving to make TAM London the skeptical event in the UK. And stay tuned: there's more information coming, too!