Here is a recap of the stories that appeared last week at Science-Based Medicine, a multi-author skeptical blog that separates the science from the woo in medicine.

• Huffington Post, February 2, 2012
  "Psychic" Sally Morgan Sues Critics for £150,000 After Refusing $1 Million to Prove Her Powers
  “...when the allegations that "Psychic Sally" was a cheat were front-page news, our organization along with peer organizations in the UK offered her $1,000,000 and the chance to clear her name, simply by proving her powers were real. Yet, she declined. Why?”

• The ‘X’ Zone Radio Show, February 1, 2012
  Interview with D.J. Grothe, President, James Randi Educational Foundation

• Skeptic Money, February 1, 2012
  DJ Grothe Calls Dr Phil On BS Psychics
  In an open letter to Dr Phil, DJ Grothe, past host of Point-of-Inquiry, requests he “get real” and stop pandering to psychics.

• Ask An Atheist, January 21, 2012
  “Dr.” Homeopathy (feat. James Randi)
  Deanna, Mike and Sam talk to to James Randi, the man at the front of a foundation with a million dollar prize for scientifically valid proof of the paranormal and a legend among skeptics.

Last week, Sally Morgan -- a performer who bills herself as "Britain's best-loved psychic" -- sued the publisher of the Daily Mail for £150,000 for printing an article suggesting that she and other self-proclaimed psychics might be using trickery rather than mystical powers when they appear to talk to the dead.

Maybe the Mail's article (by magician and former psychic Paul Zenon) really did damage Sally Morgan's reputation so much that she needs the money. The irony is that just after that article was published, when the allegations that "Psychic Sally" was a cheat were front-page news, our organization along with peer organizations in the UK offered her $1,000,000 and the chance to clear her name, simply by proving her powers were real. Yet, she declined. Why?

The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science is holding a contest to produce the best video to illustrate their Ten Point Vision For a Secular America, intended to persuade the broader public and inspire organizing and action in the secular movement. The finalists have been chosen, and they're all pretty fantastic. Head over to RichardDawkins.net, watch the seven videos and vote for your favorite.

Here's RDFRS's Sean Faircloth explaining the Ten Point Vision.