Right Wing Paranoia

America's Paranoid Crisis: The Joe Wilson Case

Bryant Welch | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics


Bryant Welch

Mr. Wilson has become a folk hero to thousands who felt a psychological catharsis from what he did. That a loss of impulse control and a surrender of psychological stability made them feel better is not a good sign.

The Red Bottoms of Red-Staters: How Corporal Punishment Contributes to Right Wing Paranoia

Stephen Ducat | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics


Stephen Ducat

No paranoid fantasy seems too bizarre, too implausible, or too disconnected from consensual reality to find a credulous audience among right wing true believers.