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CIA Document 1035-960, you say?
An often used talking point of the conspiracy crowd is to claim that the CIA (or the FBI in some more ignorant versions of the story) invented the term, “conspiracy theory” to make anyone who criticizes the “official story” look like they are nuts. Like so many things that conspiracists say, this simply isn’t true.
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Israel’s 9-11
“There is nothing new under the sun,” according to the Jewish Torah, the Christian Old Testament, and certainly there is nothing I can think of to say about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that hasn’t been said and said again. But I have been sifting through the noise and trying to extract a few points worth reiterating…
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There is no “Eisenhower Matrix”
The web is filled with references to the “Eisenhower” Matrix, Decision Matrix, Method, Principle, etc. Wikipedia discusses it in an article about Time management; major companies, like Microsoft, and news organizations, like Forbes, talk about it; job seeker websites, like Indeed and LinkedIn also tell you how to understand it and implement it; and there…
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What is a Conspiracy Theory?
The term “conspiracy theory” is overused today. Anytime someone simply speculates about something criminal or wrong they are likely to be hit with the label. “Did person X murder person Y? Did person Z help cover it up?”
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Humpty Dumpty, the Master of Language
Lewis Carroll was a master of wordplay and exploiting the ambiguities of the English language. His two celebrated works, Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, are timeless classics for many reasons, but Carroll’s ability to walk between the absurd and the insightful is certainly near the top of the list.
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Conspiracy Theorists Lie – Free until the end of November
In August of 2015, I put out a feature documentary, Conspiracy Theorists Lie, which I believe has only become more and more timely. The film explores the assassination of President Kennedy and some of the ways in which people on both the right and the left have distorted our understanding of history.
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There was no, “magic bullet.”
The “magic bullet” lie is arguably the most successful fabrication in the JFK Conspiracy Theorist arsenal. It is also a great way to understand how conspiracy theorists manufacture the evidence to fit their predetermined conclusions, and once you understand this, there are no good reasons to continue listening to them.
