tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811719312494990925.post-835126352954261152006-10-15T09:22:00.000-07:002006-10-15T09:22:00.000-07:00On the history of secrecy, fear, and conspiracy in American society and politics, it's useful to look at Richard Hofstadter's essay, <a href="http://karws.gso.uri.edu/jfk/conspiracy_theory/the_paranoid_mentality/the_paranoid_style.html">"The Paranoid Style in American Politics,"</a> and <a href="http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/1496">Paul Krugman's NYT column from 10/9/06 </a>, which first set me on to Hofstadter's essay. I plan to post something on this shortly, styled as a follow-up to this post.J P Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10512564931109178915noreply@blogger.com