There is a not-so-old saw that facts have a liberal bias. Here I am flipping this political aphorism to ask the related question: whether conservative thought is especially attracted to outlandish conspiracy theories.
First, let’s clear out some ideological underbrush. Neither left nor right in American politics has a monopoly on the truth. Nor is either immune to the attraction of far-fetched theories that appear to explain noxious or threatening political developments. Continue reading “Do Conspiracy Theories Have a Conservative Bias?”