Cass Sunstein and Adrian Vermeule (Harvard): Conspiracy Theories. A look at 6 elements every conspiracy theory needs. Making sense of the paranoid mind: Robert A. Goldberg reviews Voodoo Histories: The Role of the Conspiracy Theory in Shaping Modern History by David Aaronovitch and Strange Days Indeed: The 1970s: The Golden Age of Paranoia by Francis Wheen (and more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more). A nation of conspiracies: Coup plots and growing extremism — why the West can't ignore Turkey's paranoia. Conspiracy Theory With Jesse Ventura presents a world divided into elites and Joe Sixpacks, where the hidden masters of the universe plot against you and me. A review of American Conspiracies: Lies, Lies, and More Dirty Lies that the Government Tells Us by Jesse Ventura (and more). A review of Occult America: The Secret History of How Mysticism Shaped Our Nation by Mitch Horowitz. The Illuminati X-Factor: Richard Leon on the mind-controlled showbiz celebs. Why the Templars have always attracted obsessives: A Vatican filing error helped to fuel centuries of conspiracy theories. Lodges, aprons, and funny handshakes: The first chapter from Freemasons for Dummies by Christopher Hodapp (and more); and everything you know is wrong: The first chapter from Conspiracy Theories and Secret Societies for Dummies by Christopher Hodapp and Alice Von Kannon. From Reviews in History, a review of The Hell-Fire Clubs: Sex, Satanism and Secret Societies by Evelyn Lord; and a review of Invented Knowledge: False History, Fake Science and Pseudo-religions by Ronald H. Fritze.
