On Saturday, we went to Devon Avenue, which meant a trip to India Bookhouse. Where I found India's Biggest Coverup, by Anuj Dhar, which introduced me to what is likely the most influential conspiracy theory I'd never heard of: that the death of Subhas Chandra Bose in a plane crash in 1945 was faked, and his survival covered up by (serially) the ( Read more... )

This is just too freaking cool to sit on until I can work it into a column in four months to a year.

But first, some prefatory ramble. We're on the penultimate adventure of the current game1 and I'm beginning to think about what we might run next. One contender2 (bred of seeing There Will Be Blood and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward ( Read more... )

* Yes, the new Out of the Box column is up. Readers of this space will note some familiar words and concepts, as I think they deserved a broader, or at least additional, audience.

* Courtesy of neoconjames, enjoy the hilarious snark as The Internet Theologian Explains The Da Vinci Code. I'm very glad that other people are carrying most of the burden of ( Read more... )

It was at ConQuest Sacramento that I learned of the collapse of Baigent and Leigh's lawsuit over The Da Vinci Code, and it was only a couple of days ago that I drilled through the Internets looking for substantive information.

I mostly found it, unsurprisingly, on the BBC. The summary of the judgement is worth reading, and I suppose my legally ( Read more... )

I'm fairly sure that I owe you lovely people a review of National Treasure.Brief review: Reliable sausage from the Bruckheimer grinder, now with Freemasons. C- (B- if the "one letter grade extra credit for Templars" rule is in effect; check local listings ( Read more... )

1. (1727) Histories such as relate the secret affairs and transactions of princes; speaking with too much freedom, or too much sincerity, of the manner and conduct of persons in authority, to allow of their being made public. Also, anecdota.1a. Scandal, rumor, especially about prominent personages ( Read more... )

Almost all conspiracists fall into, at minimum, one of three camps ( Read more... )