Book Review | ‘Ghosts of Iron Mountain: The Hoax of the Century, Its Enduring Impact, and What It Reveals About America Today’
Phil Tinline’s book shines in its examination of how Americans — on both the left and the right — treat the truth.
Phil Tinline’s book shines in its examination of how Americans — on both the left and the right — treat the truth.
This book is essential reading for anyone interested in deciphering the sometimes dark complexities of faith and skepticism that dominate much of contemporary American culture and life.
A review of Jesselyn Cook’s “The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family.”
The former president’s indulgence of the conspiracy theory is among the ways Trump has embraced the far-right of his political movement.
A review of Arthur Goldwag’s “The Politics of Fear: The Peculiar Persistence of American Paranoia.”
Rural white people, as a group, now pose four interconnected threats to the fate of the United States’ pluralist, constitutional democracy.
Colin Dickey’s new book “Under the Eye of Power: How Fear of Secret Societies Shapes American Democracy” reveals how throughout history conspiracies have allowed us to sidestep a reckoning with reality.
A review of “QAnon, Chaos, and the Cross: Christianity and Conspiracy Theories,” edited by Michael W. Austin and Gregory L. Bock.
A review of “Trust the Plan: The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America,” by Will Sommer.
Sarah Wynn-Williams’ book “Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism” very successfully flays the many layers of scar tissue that have accumulated around Facebook/Meta scandals over the past decade.
In this critical moment in our nation’s history, state courts play an essential role in protecting our rights to vote, to express ourselves and to have access to clean air and pure water.
University of North Georgia’s Matthew Boedy spoke to the Bucks County Beacon about his new book, “The Seven Mountains Mandate,” and how Kirk was part of this movement seeking right-wing Christian dominion over government and society.
On this Democracy Day, I want us to remember: democracy isn’t just something we inherit, it’s something we build — one election, one conversation, one act of civic engagement at a time, writes Bob Harvie.
Because authoritarianism is most visible in hindsight, people often don’t recognize it until it’s too late.