David Brooks: Information Technology At Fault for Rise in Anti-Semitism, Conspiracy Theories

Brooks complains that "Improvements in information technology have not made public debate more realistic. On the contrary, anti-Semitism is resurgent. Conspiracy theories are prevalent. Partisanship has left many people unhinged."

I sent a letter to the editor about it, and I can't post it until they've definitely not published it, so I'll just give the short, less-polite version: maybe if the Bush Administration didn't simultaneously increase government secrecy and promulgate its own conspiracy theories for political reasons (Saddam was involved in 9/11, for example), the atmosphere would be a little less toxic and a little more realistic.

See my previous post on conspiracy theories.