Conspiracy Theories Drain Our Political Energy -- and Lead Nowhere
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Posted 05.03.2009
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World
Conspiracy theories are theology disguised as investigation: no facts can permeate these certain stories about the world.
Conspiracy theories are theology disguised as investigation: no facts can permeate these certain stories about the world.
The celebrations of the thirtieth anniversary of Margaret Thatcher's ascent to power have had a surreal quality.
Memo to America: Grow. Up. Have you forgotten the lesson of Lewinsky so soon?
The Dubai authorities have decreed that my expose of the city must not be read. I've also been told that if I go back, I'll be arrested or turned away at the airport. Proves my point, no?
As it is about to have its first major revival in London's West End since its premiere in 1993 -- starring Tom Stoppard's own son, Ed -- the vindication of Arcadia seems close at hand.
There will be no press campaigns or celebrity endorsements for the survivors of the Kenyan suppression when they issue a reparations claim in London. They will be met with a bemused shrug.
