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Friday, May 25, 2012

Ben Van Zee

The quest for The Truth

I’ve been writing this column on conspiracy theories all semester and have had excellent results. The conspiracies I’ve addressed have ranged from the 9/11 conspiracy to theories that were rejected fr…

Detention centers will harm our civil liberties

After the events that took place on 9/11, all of our government’s plans for “national security” have seemed like nothing more than an excuse to invade our civil liberties. The U.S. government’s plans …

Waterboarding unethical

I’m sure many of you are familiar with the U.S. federal government’s use of a method called waterboarding, a technique the CIA refers to as an “enhanced interrogation technique.” The process invol…

Suspicious deaths of former government employees

You can probably recount several of the “crazy” conspiracy theories you’ve heard in your lifetime. When listening to conspiracy theorists it is important to realize the possibility of reality behind s…

DHS spy satellites watching every move

I believe there is a bit of confusion about my column. This column is about conspiracy theories. The purpose of this column is to be entertaining, thought-provoking and somewhat truer than many of us …

9/11: Conspiring by or against the U.S.?

Everyone remembers the events that took place on Sept. 11, 2001. Yes, it happened, and yes it was indisputably horrible, but what really happened? We’ve been repeatedly told that the 9/11 plane hijack…