The conspiracy culture is a fact of life in the 21st century.  Fed by anonymous social media posters, conspiracy theories race like wildfires across the internet.  And by the way, did you know that those California wildfires were deliberately set to make Trump look bad? It's inevitable that as sure as there is tragedy, there follows conspiracy.  This is actually a normal human reaction to horrific events.  Our minds are programmed to see patterns in everything, even when random events occur.  Some people see the organized patterns of conspiracy and dark forces when confronted with the unknowable. It may turn out that the fire that destroyed most of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris was deliberately set.  Maybe it was terrorism.  Maybe it was a protest against President Macron.  Perhaps it was your garden variety right-wing or left-wing nuts. But jumping to conclusions at this point is silly and stupid.  My colleague Monica...(Read Full Post)