Nothing New Under the Dumb

Nothing New Under the Dumb

“Belief in Satan is a very old conspiracy theory,” folklorist Bill Ellis says. There is no “new Satanic Panic”: The panic was old when religion was young.

The Letter of the Law

The Letter of the Law

Twitter flacks vowed, “We will permanently suspend accounts tweeting about #Qanon. Couple things: One, no they won’t. Two, what exactly took this long?

A Washington State Of Play

A Washington State Of Play

It sounds shallow to say, “If Matt Shea is against TST Washington they must be doing something right”—but sometimes you catch big fish in the shallow end.