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The Fourth Decade of CSI: Change, Renewal, and the Launch of CSICon

The Fourth Decade of CSI: Change, Renewal, and the Launch of CSICon

Published by Sam Flores

The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI) underwent some significant changes after it entered its fourth decade—while remaining true to its core mission. Those changes allowed CSI not only to continue to carry on its important work but revitalized the organization. Ronald A. Lindsay at the first CSICon in 2011 In June 2008, I became the president and CEO of the Center for Inquiry as well as CSI and the Council for Secular Humanism, the trinity of critical thinking, if you will. Unlike the case with the Christian Trinity, however, there was the perception by some that, at least as of 2008, there was less than complete harmony and coherence in the missions and activities of this secular triad. As James Alcock related in his excellent history of the founding of CSICOP in the January/February 2026 Skeptical Inquirer, Paul Kurtz was instrumental in organizing the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP) in 1976. At the time, Kurtz was editor of The Humanist magazine as well as a member of the board …

TV tonight: Shetland meets CSI in a new drama about a disgraced cop

TV tonight: Shetland meets CSI in a new drama about a disgraced cop

Published by Sam Flores

Saint-Pierre 9pm, U&AlibiBilingual dialogue! Sharp suits! Beautiful landscapes! Yes, Shetland meets CSI in this French-Canadian police procedural about disgraced cop Donny “Fitz” Fitzpatrick (Allan Hawco), who gets reassigned to the small island after a personal arrest goes embarrassingly viral. But will his bumbling demeanour work on his new partner, the no-nonsense Geneviève “Arch” Archambaul (Joséphine Jobert)? Priya Elan Making a Maestro 8pm, Sky ArtsA wonderful insight into what conductors actually do, as the Donatella Flick LSO Conducting Competition looks for its next winner. One of the 20 young hopefuls followed here will gain, as Flick describes it, a “passport for the rest of their career”. As they conduct two pieces each – Handel and Schubert – it’s even more stressful than watching Tár. Hollie Richardson Michael Jackson: An American Tragedy 9pm, BBC TwoThe final part of this dispiriting documentary focuses on the last six years of Jackson’s life as he grappled with yet more financial, legal and reputational crises. Being charged with child molestation in 2003 triggered the most sensational US trial since OJ Simpson: …

All about David Caruso’s life today after CSI: Miami and ‘cancerous’ behavior claims

All about David Caruso’s life today after CSI: Miami and ‘cancerous’ behavior claims

Published by Daniella Wilson

It has been over ten years since David Caruso was last on the screen, having retired after CSI: Miami, in which he starred in all 232 episodes of, was cancelled in 2012. Though not linked to the show’s cancellation, four years later, the showrunner behind his other hit show, NYPD Blue, Steven Bochco, exposed the actor’s allegedly “volatile” behavior, revealing in his memoir, Truth Is a Total Defense, that he had become “impossible” to work with. He quit the show four episodes into its second season, after winning a Golden Globe for his role as John Kelly. He has since stayed away from the spotlight and lives a private life, though in late February 2026, he was seen out and about in Los Angeles, wearing an all-black outfit with Crocs, and a straw hat with a small paper pinned on it that reads: “We made them rich.” Catch up below on what David, 70, is up to know, what his former boss had to say about working with him, and his family life. © WireImageThe actor …

CSI star David Caruso is unrecognizable in rare LA outing

CSI star David Caruso is unrecognizable in rare LA outing

Published by Daniella Wilson

CSI: Miami actor David Caruso looked worlds away from his police lieutenant character during a recent outing in Los Angeles, with the star sporting a black sweatshirt over a gray tee paired with dark trousers and brown Crocs. He added a black cross-body bag with a red-and-white-striped handle, as well as a tan-colored hat and black sunglasses to complete the look.  The 70-year-old, who was spotted taking his pet to the vet, retired from the spotlight altogether in 2012 after CSI: Miami was unexpectedly canceled. David opted to close the chapter on his acting career and instead pursued his passion for art by opening an art gallery.  After his retirement in 2012, David did not make a public appearance until he was seen in 2017 with his younger kids, Marquez and Paloma, in 2023. He portrayed Horatio Caine in the hit CSI spinoff from 2002 to 2012, and shared his love for the show with CNN.  © 4CRNS, WCP / BACKGRIDDavid was spotted running errands in LA “The assemblage of people, and being a part of the …