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Michael Boulware Moore heads efforts to build a new museum on slave-trade hallowed ground in Charleston.
Keck weighs in on Supreme Court impact on electoral politics in Associated Press
Barkun helps shed light on the mystery of “Q” in the Washington Post
Professor Emeritus of Political Science Michael Barkun weighs in on the mystery of "Q" and the history of conspiracy theories in America in the Washington Post. "These ideas never completely die,” says Barkun, who studies conspiracy theories and political extremism. “They get recycled every generation, and in America, some of the most powerful conspiracy ideas deal with an enemy inside the government who is really pulling the strings but cannot be identified.”
“We all want stories that make sense of the world,” Barkun says. “When we can’t find them, we look around in strange places."