Professor Rozeff asks, “Who started this way of thinking, anyway?” Having grown up in the conservative movement, I have learned that conspiracy theories represent the easy way out for a mind no longer willing to inquire. Instead of doing his homework – on the market, on the world, on politics – the conspiracy theorist can blame it all on the Rockefellers, Henry Kissinger, the CFR … and then lean back in his chair and relax. Every year or two I hear from anoher old acquaintance who has just discovered the “truth” – “Do you know about Colonel Schmoo in Colorado? … Continue reading Conspiracy Theory 101