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Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in these editorials are those of the individual authors, and do not necessarily reflect the position of The SETI League, Inc., its Trustees, officers, Advisory Board, members, donors, or commercial sponsors.

Note: Guest editorials pertaining to SETI are solicited. Please email your proposed topic and a brief abstract.

Date	Title	Author
Apr 2015	An appraisal of METI Rationalizations	David Brin
Mar 2015	The Goldilocks Principle	Dan Duda
Feb 2015	Je Suis Charlie	Elisabeth Piotelat
Jan 2015	Alan Turing and the Five Sigma Theory of Progress	Seth Shostak
Dec 2014	Is Quantum Science Under Attack?	Dan Duda
Nov 2014	Schrödinger's Mom	H. Paul Shuch
Oct 2014	Does Size Matter?	Dan Duda
Sep 2014	Mapping the Interstellar Medium	Paul Gilster
Aug 2014	The Search Gets Harder	Jill Tarter
Jul 2014	New Horizons - Hubble Hunts KBOs	Paul Gilster
Jun 2014	Anthropocentric Deception	Dan Duda
May 2014	Close to Earth Size, in the HZ	Paul Gilster
Apr 2014	Contemplating Mortality	H. Paul Shuch
Mar 2014	Prophet Without Honor	H. Paul Shuch
Feb 2014	Scala Naturae: Alive and Well in Modern Times	Lori Marino
Jan 2014	Quantum Weirdness and Consistency	Ed Chatterton
Dec 2013	Warp Drive: Engage!	Dan Duda
Nov 2013	Works of Fiction	John Boardman
Oct 2013	SETI's New Horizons	H. Paul Shuch
Sep 2013	How to be Understood by Aliens	Michael Busch
Aug 2013	Will Extraterrestrials Understand A Message We Send?	Michael Chorost
Jul 2013	Clouds in the Habitable Zone	Paul Gilster
Jun 2013	Extraterrestrial Visitors? No Way!	John Boardman
May 2013	Does the Universe Have an Agenda?	Dan Duda
Apr 2013	UFO Defined	Philip A. Stahl
Mar 2013	Humanity is perfectly visible to extraterrestrials	Alexander Popoff
Feb 2013	A Telescope on the Moon	Jon Lomberg
Jan 2013	Tau Ceti's Five Planet Candidates	Paul Gilster
Dec 2012	Pearl Harbor Protocols	H. Paul Shuch
Nov 2012	Rummaging in the Data	Paul Gilster
Oct 2012	The Movie Contact	Rob Sawyer
Sep 2012	Neutrino Communications: An Interstellar Future?	Paul Gilster
Aug 2012	Eternal Monuments Among the Stars	Paul Gilster
Jul 2012	Encyclopedia Galctica	Jon Lomberg
Jun 2012	Rethinking SETI's Targets	Paul Gilster
May 2012	Alien Probes For Real?	Seth Shostak
Apr 2012	Their Fears are Unfounded	Stephane Dumas
Mar 2012	National Parks on the Moon?	Seth Shostak
Feb 2012	Let the Search Continue	Paul Gilster
Jan 2012	The Politics of Protocols	H. Paul Shuch
Dec 2011	The Drake Equation: All in the Family	Nadia Drake
Nov 2011	An Open Letter to All Wall St. Occupiers	Adriano V. Autino
Oct 2011	Up the Sky Without a Shuttle	H. Paul Shuch
Sep 2011	Will the Allen Telescope Array Soon Resume its Scrutiny of the Skies?	Seth Shostak
Aug 2011	Space Renaissance: The beginning, not the end	Space Renaissance International
Jul 2011	Allen Telescope Disarray	H. Paul Shuch
Jun 2011	Rationale for METI	Alexander Zaitsev
May 2011	The Friendly Candy Company	Richard Factor
Apr 2011	Wolves Among the Stars	Adam Frank
Mar 2011	Three Kinds of People	H. Paul Shuch
Feb 2011	Try Some Other Library	Erick Sherman
Jan 2011	Six Degrees of SETI Separation	H. Paul Shuch
Dec 2010	Finding a Benford Beacon	Paul Gilster
Nov 2010	Alien Invasion: Why Stephen Hawking is Wrong	Paul Davies
Oct 2010	Exoplanet-Lithium Link Debated	Douglas Pierce-Price and Patrick Baumann
Sep 2010	The Enduring Legacy of the Voyagers	Larry Klaes
Aug 2010	SETI Institute Reinvents SETICon	H. Paul Shuch
Jul 2010	Pioneer Plaque Immortality	Nick Sagan
Jun 2010	Greenpeace, Which Side Are You On?	Adriano V. Autino
May 2010	Where Is Everybody?	H. Paul Shuch
Apr 2010	Facing the Galaxy: The Faces from Earth Project	Larry Klaes
Mar 2010	Giving SETI Definition - A New Paradigm for the Twenty First Century	Bob Krekorian
Feb 2010	Crossing the Golden Gate	H. Paul Shuch
Jan 2010	Neuropsychology and SETI	J.B. Arriola
Dec 2009	A Big Waste of Mass	Nicholas J. Szabo
Nov 2009	Properties of an Interstellar Beacon	Jon Lomberg
Oct 2009	Cold Fusion, Dark Matter, and SETI	Richard Factor
Sep 2009	Are We Alone?	H. Paul Shuch
Aug 2009	Not Discouraged	Richard Factor
Jul 2009	Alpha Centauri, Here We Come	Paul Gilster
Jun 2009	Not The First Global Message to ETI	Alexander Zaitsev
May 2009	Why We Shouldn't Hide Our Problems from ET	Doug Vakoch
Apr 2009	The Case for Extraterrestrial Beacons	Bob Krekorian
Mar 2009	Should We Shout Into the Darkness?	Larry Klaes
Feb 2009	Artist's Deception	H. Paul Shuch
Jan 2009	Interstellar Spaceflight is Imminent	Tibor Pacher
Dec 2008	Detection Probability of Terrestrial Radio Signals by a Hostile Super-Civilization	Alexander Zaitsev
Nov 2008	Low Frequency Musings on Extraterrestrial Life	Paul Gilster
Oct 2008	The Bet Is Won!	H. Paul Shuch
Sep 2008	Why Don't They Do SETI?	Seth Shostak
Aug 2008	Arecibo Observatory Funding	G. Warren Coleman
Jul 2008	UNESCO and SETI	Kathryn Denning, Elisabeth Piotelat
Jun 2008	Stonehenge and SETI	Dennis Price
May 2008	Search Binary Star Systems	Paul Gilster
Apr 2008	ITAR Attacks!	H. Paul Shuch
Mar 2008	How Accurate Must We Be?	Richard Factor
Feb 2008	SETI's Paradox and the Great Silence	Paul Gilster
Jan 2008	90th Birthday Reflections	Arthur C. Clarke
Dec 2007	Why Smaller is Better	Rob Lodder
Nov 2007	Relections on the 50th Anniversary of Sputnik	Louis Friedman
Oct 2007	Evolution vs. Panspermia	Alex Antonites
Sep 2007	A Boost for Optical Communications	Paul Gilster
Aug 2007	Future Funding for the Arecibo Radio Observatory	Nickoulaus Leggett
Jul 2007	Probing Distant Atmospheres	Paul Gilster
Jun 2007	What Hath God Wrought?	H. Paul Shuch
May 2007	Greatest Innovation in Your Field?	H. Paul Shuch
Apr 2007	Amateur Radio: Where the Real DX Is	Paul Gilster
Mar 2007	Shrinking the Tools	Paul Gilster
Feb 2007	At what point would you abandon the search?	Seth Shostak
Jan 2007	Don't Expect an Alien Sitcom	Paul Gilster
Dec 2006	Twelve Years and Counting	H. Paul Shuch
Nov 2006	Searching for Extraterrestrial Idiots?	Alexander Zaitsev
Oct 2006	Education vs. Training	H. Paul Shuch
Sep 2006	Three SETI Myths	Peter Backus
Aug 2006	Is SETI a Religion?	David Darling
Jul 2006	Past - Present - Future	Alexander Zaitsev
Jun 2006	When Will We Reach India?	H. Paul Shuch
May 2006	Transforming SETI to METI	Alexander Zaitsev
Apr 2006	Their Past; Our Future	H. Paul Shuch
Mar 2006	Protected Frequencies!? Don't Get So Hung Up On Assignments	Charles Osborne
Feb 2006	Sri Lanka Update	Arthur C. Clarke
Jan 2006	Active Assessment of Active SETI	H. Paul Shuch
Dec 2005	This I Believe	H. Paul Shuch
Nov 2005	Serendipity	Charles Osborne
Oct 2005	When Did We Become Obsolete?	H. Paul Shuch
Sep 2005	A Spherically Curious Mind	Kosta Tsipis
Aug 2005	Hungarians as Martians: the Truth Behind the Legend	Philip Morrison
Jul 2005	The Great Silence - A Universe of Wimps?	Richard Factor
Jun 2005	An Open Letter to Would-Be Transmitters	David Brin
May 2005	The Drake Equation: Adding a METI Factor	Alexander Zaitsev
Apr 2005	How Can We Get On Board?	H. Paul Shuch
Mar 2005	Making a Case for METI	Alexander Zaitsev et. al.
Feb 2005	Active SETI Is Not Scientific Research	Michael Michaud
Jan 2005	Tsunami Damage in Sri Lanka	Sir Arthur C. Clarke
Dec 2004	A Bold Step into the Bank Vault	H. Paul Shuch
Nov 2004	Saving an Endangered Telescope	Bob Lash
Oct 2004	Journalistic Exuberance	H. Paul Shuch
Sep 2004	Second Class SETIzens	H. Paul Shuch
Aug 2004	When Will We Achieve Contact?	H. Paul Shuch
Jul 2004	We're All Volunteers Now	H. Paul Shuch
Jun 2004	Moon yes, Mars no!	Ron Sirull
May 2004	Return to the Ashes	H. Paul Shuch
Apr 2004	SETI and the Environment	H. Paul Shuch
Mar 2004	What Do You Want From Your Website?	H. Paul Shuch
Feb 2004	Complementary SETI Research Strategies	Scot Stride
Jan 2004	Executive Director's Annual Message	H. Paul Shuch
Dec 2003	Considering Cosmic CONELRAD	H. Paul Shuch
Nov 2003	One Huge Step for Man	H. Paul Shuch
Oct 2003	Reviewing the Review Process	H. Paul Shuch
Sep 2003	Is Anyone Out There?	Paul Davies
Aug 2003	Quantifying our Ignorance	H. Paul Shuch
Jul 2003	The Silver Lining that is the Space Age	Larry Klaes
Jun 2003	Broadband Over Power Lines	Charles Osborne
May 2003	We're Not At Home	H. Paul Shuch
Apr 2003	Just What Is an Amateur Astronomer?	Thomas R. Williams
Mar 2003	Blame It On Rio	H. Paul Shuch
Feb 2003	It's True, Men Really Are From Mars	Paul Davies
Jan 2003	No Commercial Market	H. Paul Shuch
Dec 2002	An Interview With Dr. SETI	Nilanjana Sarker
Nov 2002	The Only Game In Town	H. Paul Shuch
Oct 2002	Betting on Life Aplenty	Niladri Sarker
Sep 2002	Making the Tough Decisions	H. Paul Shuch
Aug 2002	Institute = League? Not!	H. Paul Shuch
Jul 2002	Refining our Focus	H. Paul Shuch
Jun 2002	R.I.P. for D.I.Y.	George Musser
May 2002	SETI and God	Robert J. Sawyer
Apr 2002	Being a Good Neighbor	H. Paul Shuch
Mar 2002	Searching for Ourselves	James F. Brown
Feb 2002	The TVA and SETI	David Madison
Jan 2002	My Seven Years Before the Mast	H. Paul Shuch
Dec 2001	QST Award Bodes Well for SETI	H. Paul Shuch
Nov 2001	A Fresh Approach to SETI	Allen Tough
Oct 2001	Science, Technology and Mind in Future Communication	Alex Antonites
Sep 2001	Patents: Everyone Into the Pool	H. Paul Shuch
Aug 2001	Implications of Astrobiology for SETI	Albert A. Harrison
Jul 2001	Are We Ready For Contact?	Peter Schenkel
Jun 2001	Communicating Across SETI Time	Valdemar Phoenix
May 2001	Bruno Winners an Exclusive Club	Peter Wright
Apr 2001	SETI Is Amateur Radio	Richard W. Wilson
Mar 2001	A Science, Not A Search	H. Paul Shuch
Feb 2001	Probing for ETI's Probes in the Solar System	Scot Stride
Jan 2001	E.T. or Alien? The Character of Other Intelligence	David Darling
Dec 2000	Extracom Not Representative of SETI	Mauro J. Cavalcanti
Nov 2000	From SETI to CETI	Poul Anderson
Oct 2000	Searching for Alien Beacons	Gregory Benford
Sep 2000	My Forty Years of SETI	Philip Morrison
Aug 2000	SETI and a New World Order	Peter Schenkel
Jul 2000	SETI, Just Beyond the Cutting Edge	Richard Hall
Jun 2000	Dayton, You Honor Us All	H. Paul Shuch
May 2000	OSETI Bruno Shows Vision	Stuart Kingsley
Apr 2000	Seven Reasons for Widening the Search	Allen Tough
Mar 2000	Should SETI Probe for Probes?	Scot Stride
Feb 2000	Hardly a Waste of Time	Philip J. Hughes
Jan 2000	Marriage Made in Heaven	H. Paul Shuch
Dec 1999	ET Call Enrico Fermi	Mike Shupp
Nov 1999	The Case for Active SETI	Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
Oct 1999	Cosmic Rays? No Problem!	Allen Tough
Sep 1999	Microprobes Won't Survive Interstellar Travel	Mario Zadnik
Aug 1999	The Unseen Hand of Evolution	Bruce Cornet
Jul 1999	Communication by Entangled Particles	Leon T. Darcy
Jun 1999	SETI Receivers: Internal or External?	Milan Hudecek
May 1999	A Word from our Founder	Richard Factor
Apr 1999	Might Dinosaurs Have Achieved Space Travel?	Bruce Cornet
Mar 1999	Toilets of the Gods	Arthur C. Clarke
Feb 1999	If you're out there, ET, log on	Paul Davies
Jan 1999	Computer Radios Not Ideal for SETI	Noel Cedric Welstead
Dec 1998	Petition to Restore NASA SETI Funding	Tobias Daniel Wabbel
Nov 1998	Do LDEs Emanate From Alien Probes?	Chris Boyce
Oct 1998	Testing the Null Hypothesis	John Marcus
Sep 1998	Remembering Michael Papagiannis	Peter Schenkel
Aug 1998	Interstellar Nano-Probes	Leon T. Darcy
Jul 1998	Where Is Everybody?	Arthur C. Clarke
Jun 1998	The Mars "Face" and Lowell's "Canals"	Larry Klaes
May 1998	Should SETI Protocols Consider Interstellar Travel?	Peter Schenkel
Apr 1998	Nothing Is Impossible	H. Paul Shuch
Mar 1998	Speaking for Earth	Jon Lomberg
Feb 1998	Where Are The SETI Police?	H. Paul Shuch
Jan 1998	A Two-Way Street	Robert W. Casey
Dec 1997	A Word from our Executive Director	H. Paul Shuch
Nov 1997	Contact: More Than Just a Film	Larry Klaes
Oct 1997	Publish or Perish	H. Paul Shuch
Sep 1997	What Should We Tell the World?	Douglas A. Vakoch
Aug 1997	Nobody Here But Us Earthlings?	H. Paul Shuch
Jul 1997	Transmitting from Earth	Ray Norris
Jun 1997	The Secret of 70 Virginis	H. Paul Shuch
May 1997	ET Detection of Earth TV Unlikely	Dale Lamm
Apr 1997	Accept No Substitutes	H. Paul Shuch
Mar 1997	Alien Spaceships, SETI, and Public Perceptions	Larry Klaes
Jan 1997	Observations Must Be Paired	H. Paul Shuch
Dec 1996	The Darkest Day of the Year	H. Paul Shuch
Nov 1996	Hale-Bopp Claims Just Don't Wash	H. Paul Shuch
Oct 1996	Theological Implications of SETI	Douglas A. Vakoch
Sep 1996	I Wanna Hold Your Hand	H. Paul Shuch
Aug 1996	The Folly of Giordano Bruno	Richard W. Pogge
Jul 1996	The Sky Is Filling! The Sky Is Filling!	H. Paul Shuch
May 1996	OK, What If We Hear Something?	H. Paul Shuch
Feb 1996	The "L" Paradox	Charles Rubin
Jan 1996	Planets, Planets Everywhere	H. Paul Shuch
Nov 1995	In Memoriam -- Barney Oliver	H. Paul Shuch
Oct 1995	The Promise of Pegasus	H. Paul Shuch
Sep 1995	The Knowledgeable Layman	H. Paul Shuch
Aug 1995	Indistinguishable From Magic	H. Paul Shuch
Jul 1995	Is Amateur SETI Even Possible?	H. Paul Shuch
May 1995	Why Haven't We Heard Them?	H. Paul Shuch