35 years ago in reason.

• Position: Citings - Quotations by William Marina, H. Peter Metzger and Theresa Hale de Soubiese - Brief article - Quotation

"The notion of conspiracy is in many ways an evasion of detailed causal analysis. Conspiracies have occurred and will, no doubt, continue to do so; but this is no justification for becoming emotionally addicted to such explanations to the exclusion of more extended and complex analyses."

--William Marina, "Shooting Down the Conspiracy Theory"

"Like most zealots, they are very different from ordinary people. True believers all, they exude party line and exclude from serious attention any nonconforming person or opinion. With such people in power, Washington is a changed place."

--H. Peter...