Shermer lecture shines light on closed minds

Dr. Michael Shermer did what he does best before a full house in the second-floor former library at Eastern Washington University's Hargreaves Hall last Nov. 9. Try to offer some light into the oft darkness of a closed mind.

Noted for his many appearances on the television programs from Dateline to Charlie Rose and Oprah - but never Jerry Springer - Shermer's visit was part of EWU President Dr. Mary Cullinan's "President's Forum for Critical Thought" and later saw him lecture in Spokane.

The author of the New York Times' bestseller, "Why People Believe Weird Things" plus many others, Shermer d...