None Dare Call It Conspiracy

The recent controversies surrounding the death of Jeffrey Epstein prompt a brief review of the concept of conspiracy in history.

Let us first examine this concise summary article by Dr. Gary North. North is an Austrian School economic historian and has authored or co-authored over fifty books on topics such as Reformed Protestant Theology, economics, and history. He is an Associated Scholar of the Ludwig von Mises Institute, and LRC’s most prolific contributor. In his superb article Dr. North refers to the two scholars and their influential books below:

Tragedy and Hope: A History of the World in Our Time.

Carroll Quigley was a highly respected professor at the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Previously he was an instructor at Princeton and Harvard, and consultant to the U. S. Department of Defense, and the House Committee on Astronautics and Space Exploration.

Fire in the Minds of Men: Origins of the Revolutionary Faith.

James H. Billington was the long serving Librarian of Congress, and one of America’s most decorated and highly regarded public intellectuals.

American Pravda: How the CIA Invented “Conspiracy Theories,” by Ron Unz

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1:23 pm on August 18, 2019