WORKS

Find on these pages articles and other pieces by me, works in progress, "digital clippings" for friends and colleagues, and other stuff.

My articles in

SKEPTICAL INQUIRER

"Wildlife Apocalypse: How Myths and Superstitions Drive Animal Extinctions," Skeptical Inquirer, Vol. 42.4, July/August 2018. Co-written with son Brett. It's the cover story.

"A Brilliant Climate Collaboration," Skeptical Inquirer, Vol. 41.5, September/October 2017, p. 60. A book review of The Madhouse Effect: How Climate Change Denial is Threatening Our Planet, Destroying Our Politics, and Driving Us Crazy by Michael E. Mann and Tom Toles.
"Darwin Day 2008: CFI/LA Stages Rare Reading of Steve Allen's Meeting of Minds," Skeptical Inquirer, Vol. 32.3, May/June 2008.

"Celebrating Darwin Day with a New Play in L.A., Skeptical Inquirer, Vol. 31.3, May/June 2007.
"The Mad Gasser of Mattoon: How the Press Created an Imaginary Chemical Weapons Attack," Skeptical Inquirer, Vol. 26.4, July/August 2002, p. 50. Co-written with Robert E. Bartholomew.

Letters to the Editor

I've had letters to the editor published in The Nation magazine critical of the Pentagon's failure to pass audits, and one in the L.A. Times agreeing with a columnist that a Trump resignation with a pardon is a distinct possibility in 2019. Links to appear soon in the this section.

Movie Scripts (Spec.)

Fredericksburg
The Mad Gasser of Mattoon

MY WORKS IN PROGRESS

BOOK - Rings of Fire: A History of the Impact of Arson - (in research stage; projected three volumes)
BOOK - Den of Robbers: A History of the Impact of Corruption (in research stage; projected three volumes.)
PLAY: Phantoms of Countless Lost: Inquiry into the Fredericksburg Battle - Based on transcripts of the Joint Congressional Committee on the Conduct of the War.

WORKS BY OTHERS IN PROGRESS

TBD

BOB LADENDORF