Paranoia Strikes Deep
Notes on Jesse Walker's upcoming book.
Conspiracy Theories
Former Astronaut Edgar Mitchell Says UFO Cover Up Has to End
Suspects military-industrial complex may be behind the cover up
Headless Movements Rising in Egypt, Turkey, and Brazil
Decentralized protests baffle centralized states.
Why a Government That Collects Everyone's Private Data Won't Let Its Employees Access Public Information
Dysfunctional bureaucracies in action.
Publishers Weekly on The United States of Paranoia
"a terrific, measured, objective study of one of American culture's most loaded topics"
If This Is a New Cold War, Who's the Enemy Supposed to Be?
The second superpower rears its head again.
NH State Rep Resigns After Making 'False Flag' Claims About Boston Bombing
Also sold her house
'National Security Agency. Some people wonder if they even exist.'
The NSA in popular culture
What The New York Times Missed When It Tried to Explain Conspiracy Theories
Powerful people can be paranoid too.
Three Lessons from the Boston Bombing Coverage
...and from every other time a terrible story is developing.
Paul-Is-Dead Cover-Up Fools 95 Percent of America
America's most popular conspiracy theories
Fear of a Skeleton Saint
A form of worship crosses the Mexican border—and so does a moral panic.
Southern Poverty Law Center Finds Fewer Militias, Hypes Militia Threat Anyway
Fearmongering with the SPLC
Talkin' John Birch History Blues
Them Birchers they was comin' around/They was in the air/They was on the ground.
Russian Newspaper Poll: Half of Readers Don't Believe Meteor Strike Caused Blast
Conspiracy theories ranging from UFOs to US missiles
Stop Demonizing Preppers
There's more to this subculture than the media stereotypes suggest.
The Cynicism of Dick Morris
One of the architects of the anti-militia panic is now borrowing the militias' rhetoric.
If You Run a Fake Vaccination Program as a Cover for a Covert Op, People Just Might Suspect That Real Vaccination Workers Are Covert Operatives
Assassinations of public health workers in Pakistan.
Homeland Security Meets Office Politics
The author of an infamous report on right-wing extremism tries to defend his work.
