| 单词 | crackpot |
| 例句 | “Half the article is Dusty Muleman saying Dad’s a liar and a crackpot,” I said. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Abbott’s medical practice collapsed because patients disliked his touchy disposition and crackpot sermons about ancient spear points. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Alec asked, his tone making it clear what a crackpot idea he thought it was. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Food fads still come and go with alarming speed: A scientific study, a new government guideline, a lone crackpot with a medical degree can change our nation’s diet overnight. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The "crackpot—clown" with the streak of gray hair sitting before him suddenly had Traynor's full attention. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Law agencies once had scoffed at our Nation as “black crackpots”; now they took special pains to safeguard against some “white crackpots” causing any “incidents” or “accidents.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Again the experts were said to have been proved wrong, opening a door that until recently was bolted against the crackpots. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Not to mention his leaving me alone while he goes on all his trips, getting rich on one crackpot scheme after another that never did pan out. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The modem Pharisees are trying to heap destruction upon Mr. Muhammad, calling him a demagogue, a crackpot, and fanatic. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Half the article is Dusty Muleman saying Dad’s a liar and a crackpot,” I said. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z That little crackpot sure has a knack for things like that. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “You mean you’re getting out on that balcony in front of fifty thousand crazy crackpots and try to talk sense to them—on a balcony like a medieval dictator?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z “Just that crackpot Yossarian again. He’s a real troublemaker, isn’t he?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Godwin was a bishop and a crackpot; he seems to have believed that he had invented the radio. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Here at great expense,” he moaned to Oppenheimer, “the government has assembled the world’s largest collection of crackpots.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Really? What am I going to say now? He winks at me. “You think I’m a brute, a heretic, a—” “A crackpot,” I complete for him. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “Belter, you fly up and up like a July Fourth rocket, and bang! There you are, cinders, spread all over space. Them crackpot scientists, they don’t know nothin’, they kill you all off!” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Unfortunately for the experts, in the 1920s and 1930s their initial theories about the timing of Indians’ entrance into the Americas were proven wrong, and in a way that allowed the crackpots to claim vindication. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Gallien wondered whether he’d picked up one of those crackpots from the lower forty-eight who come north to live out ill-considered Jack London fantasies. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Is the rule based on some crackpot theory, such as that English should emulate Latin, or that the original meaning of a word is the only correct one? The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “I’m not so sure he’s a crackpot,” the chaplain observed. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He failed, however, to produce much in the way of evidence, and the theory was considered too crackpot to merit serious attention. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “Oh yes, he did. I told you this man was a crackpot.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I’d never considered, though I should have, that these crackpot prejudices of Bunny’s which I found so amusing were not remotely ironic but deadly serious. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z At first he thought I was a crackpot, but after I pointed out the flaws in his article in the New Institute Journal he kept me on the phone for nearly an hour. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Matters in physics have now reached such a pitch that, as Paul Davies noted in Nature, it is "almost impossible for the non-scientist to discriminate between the legitimately weird and the outright crackpot." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Yet many scholars denounced Gallup as a crackpot, and she wanted to prove them wrong. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z As a kid reading about these pioneers, I thought they were so cool — all the outlaws and crackpots who started the thing up. Q&A: The Author of ‘Swamplandia!’ on the Florida Everglades 2012-11-14T19:32:07Z Still, if you want to believe that Cage was a crackpot, he furnishes abundant evidence to help you. Review: John Cage’s Historical Niche, a Legacy in Letters 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z In “American Buffalo,” Teach is a thug prone to crackpot theories, bordering on paranoia, about his friends and associates and human nature in general. Review: In ‘American Buffalo,’ Grift Is the Coin of the Realm 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z The assumption, of course, is that this "one person" must be an isolated crackpot, and not representative of the listening public. Dire Straits' homophobic faux-pas 2011-01-18T16:33:25Z It was always some vision of some 19th century crackpot ballerina. A Witty Mastermind of Les Ballets Trockadero Comes Home 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z For Cervantes, then, Cardenio's tale becomes one of shared madness, the contagious, crackpot invention that makes all comedy, and all love, possible. The secret connection between Cervantes and Shakespeare 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z Ferris spins a witty story that chews on Internet scams, relationship killers, crackpot theology, baseball mania and the desperate loneliness of modern life. The top 50 fiction books for 2014 “The Songlines” may have been more of a struggle, containing as it did “a lot of crackpot ideas that have been going round my head for 20 years,” but it too was ready by 1986. The Wanderer 2011-02-25T17:39:26Z There are two main poles around which his ideas gravitate: crackpot philosophers and identity-shifters. Douglas Sirk’s Glorious Cinema of Outsiders 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z Where is the possessed, wild-eyed, crackpot female answer to Beethoven, who battled on throught deafness, loneliness, financial worry and disease to create timeless masterpieces? Notes from the musical margins 2011-03-13T00:04:00Z It’s a heartfelt, crackpot homage, with an independent creative vision. “At Home with Amy Sedaris” Is a Homemaker’s Talk Show as Dadaist Carnival 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z There is the peril of taking crackpot advice. Books of The Times: Alain de Botton on Sex, and Philippa Perry on Sanity 2013-01-03T22:53:59Z But if this documentary celebrates a crackpot, Mr. Friedkin is his match. Review: In ‘The Devil and Father Amorth,’ a Filmmaker Gets Real 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z InfoWars was founded by Jones, a purveyor of various crackpot notions, including that the Sandy Hook massacre of tiny children in 2012 was a government hoax intended to promote gun control. Trump doesn’t hate all media. He just has terrible taste. 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z He is often portrayed in the media as a sleaze and a crackpot, and he has done plenty to earn both titles. Corey Feldman: 'The biggest problem in Hollywood is paedophilia' 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z His book publishing boss, an addled crackpot and depressed widow named Gloria, needs a hit. Tough luck leads to angsty laughs in ‘Sons of the Prophet’ 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z The Brit iconoclast Chris Morris showed greater nerve last year with Four Lions, a comedy about a team of crackpot jihadists from Manchester. 30:Minutes or Less: Jesse Eisenberg and Aziz Ansari in a Go-Nowhere Fargo 2011-08-11T21:05:00Z “The Faking of the President” is a sequel to “The Obama Inheritance,” a 2017 anthology from the same publisher that imagined a world where various crackpot conspiracies about the Obama administration were in fact true. Can Political Satire Outpace Reality? 3 Books Toss Their Hats in the Ring 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z Sure, Rocky was in the minority, but he wasn’t a crackpot. Polar bears just might outlive us all 2012-12-30T16:00:00Z But there’s something mesmerizing about how the scene’s staged: in the inky blackness of downtown Twin Peaks, with Nadine’s drapes noiselessly opening and closing behind a crackpot YouTube star and his biggest fan. ‘Twin Peaks’ Season 3, Episode 13: Starting Position 2017-08-06T04:00:00Z Nothing flushes out the crackpots like an advertisement to send your inklings in to a newspaper. ‘The Premonitions Bureau’ Recounts Crowdsourcing the Supernatural 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z Or else, start your own doomsday scenario, no matter how crackpot! How will the world end? 2012-06-17T19:00:00Z Harrison's script successfully connects a crackpot theory from the 1930s to today. Huxley's Lab 2010-04-07T21:30:00Z Jackson is an expatriate who seems to be fleeing the specter of his father, a scientist with theories about mankind and nature that caused him to be branded a crackpot. Review: ‘Zoo’ Is a James Patterson Novel Brought to TV 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z On the other hand are the languorous crackpots who wonder if codes are embedded in their Home Depot receipts, or if George Washington’s wooden leg hid an alternate Constitution. Television Review: Searching for Clues in History?s Nooks 2010-12-01T22:28:00Z This guy’s a crackpot,’ ” says Donald A. Windsor, a biologist in Upstate New York who has published many seminal parasite conservation papers, such as 1997’s “Equal Rights for Parasites.” Parasites may not be cute and cuddly, but they need saving too, scientists say 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z Joey, meanwhile, with his crackpot magnetism, managed to make any outfit from sweats to plaid shirts work, with his heart-shaped face and curtains haircut. TV style icons of 2020: how Friends’ Ross Geller pivoted from sartorial disaster 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z The typical crackpot conspiracy theory relies on a masterly, Luciferian characterization of the conspirators, who are invariably depicted as puppet masters capable of pulling off elaborate illusions, feints and coverups without a hitch. Police arrest artist setting up ‘I Love NY’ work 2012-05-21T20:16:00Z He struggles to supplement his meager military pay by performing menial tasks for a sermonizing captain and offering himself as a subject for the experiments of a crackpot doctor. Music Review: Vienna State Opera Presents ‘Wozzeck’ and ‘Salome’ 2014-03-02T17:51:50Z Vidal’s target was Paul Ryan’s idol and the idol of so many modern conservatives: the trash novelist and crackpot philosopher Ayn Rand, whom Vidal quotes thusly: Media, morality and the neighbor’s cow: When did Ayn Rand become the Republican Party’s bible? 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z As Jim urges them on with speeches lamenting the ruts they’ve fallen into as middle age has tamped down their passionate convictions, the hopped-up would-be rebels decide to press forward with another crackpot scheme. ‘The Muscles in Our Toes’ Follows Friends on a Mission 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z The main character, Allie Fox, is still an underemployed genius and a crackpot inventor, who on the spur of the moment transports his family to Latin America. Review: A New ‘Mosquito Coast,’ This Time With Narcos 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z The December interview would reverberate into the general election as Hillary Clinton tried to use it to paint Trump as an irresponsible crackpot associating with an irresponsible crackpot. How Alex Jones, conspiracy theorist extraordinaire, got Donald Trump’s ear 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z In a November appearance, he postulated that when Trump leaves office, “he just goes back to being another crackpot on the Internet.” The new CNN is more opinionated and emotional. Can it still be ‘the most trusted name in news’? 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z It begins as an account of the founding of a crackpot religious sect named for an Italian-American coal miner who miraculously survives a mine disaster that kills 98 others. Notes From the Book Review Archives 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z The film insistently tries to illustrate her crackpot belief that “words are disorder.” | 'Domain': ?Domain,? Written and Directed by Patric Chiha - Review 2012-01-12T22:19:40Z The friend is a nut, seeking endless crackpot therapies. Lionel Shriver Warns Readers Not to Meet Their Favorite Authors 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z Don't make this into a crackpot profile, please. Willem Dafoe: 'Don't make this into a crackpot profile, please' 2013-06-16T18:00:06Z Except for Dern’s portrait of a cranky crackpot, Oscar’s Best Actor list should be filled with men who endure the worst. Critics Awards 2: Judgment Daze 2013-12-10T18:55:39Z What changed boyish, chess-loving Bobby into the erratic, loathsome old crackpot and man without a country that he would eventually become? Books of The Times: Odd, Odd Case of Bobby Fischer 2011-01-23T23:14:39Z The idea that vaccines are a primary cause of autism is not as crackpot as some might wish. Wrong again, Jenny McCarthy: First it was vaccines and autism, now it’s HIV 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z Oliver Lodge, distinguished physicist and frequent lecturer at the Royal Institution – no crackpot outfit, but the very seat of British scientific research – thought so. Technology and the novel, from Blake to Ballard 2010-07-23T23:06:00Z Hearst later insisted that she never believed in the SLA’s goals and methods, let alone its crackpot mishmash of revolutionary ideology but suspected the group might kill her if she didn’t play along. Patty Hearst’s America: What “American Heiress” gets wrong (and right) about an insane time and place 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z Sometimes he stood on his head, a crackpot remedy for improving blood flow and stimulating hair growth. My brother’s life, unraveled 2013-03-12T11:45:00Z So we had a lower class town with not a lot of money for education that then had crackpot hippies come in with their ideas. Q & A with Penn Jillette: Crackpot hippies, politics and why the best tricks are no secret 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z Cruz is, along with her many other gifts, a brilliant comic performer, and as Lola she treads the fine line between crackpot and visionary without losing sight of the character’s integrity. ‘Official Competition’ Review: Madness in Their Methods 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z Depending on one’s point of view, he was either a crackpot or the American Tolstoy, who had turned silence itself into his most eloquent work of art. 2010-01-29T13:57:00Z At least half of The Dictator took aim at developed-world liberal hypocrisies, as well as at crackpot regimes. Why The Dictator failed to conquer the Arab world 2012-08-14T09:31:46Z The result is a witty story that chews on Internet scams, relationship killers, crackpot theology, baseball mania and the desperate loneliness of modern life. Book World Joshua Ferris’s ‘To Rise Again at a Decent Hour’ Kim mixes bookishness, crackpots and commissioned murder into a rich and unsettling blend. The best thrillers and mysteries of 2019 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z “We need to treasure the cranks, we need to treasure the crackpots,” Mr. Edelstein said, “because the profession has gotten so cautious.” Armond White, Ousted Critic, Has Words on Expulsion 2014-01-17T23:09:50Z Each time you name a crackpot, I know I've hit the jackpot. Style Invitational Week 1367: Pick me up at work, okay? A come-on contest. 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z Mix lent the uneducated and defeated Milcolm, despite his crackpot political tirades, an air of sympathetic vulnerability. Review | UrbanArias turns conspiracy theory into opera 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z This was no tiny splinter group of crackpots, but rather a highly organized international group that ran for almost 50 years with some 10,000 live-in disciples in 170 countries. Review | Faith Jones’s memoir of living in cult — and leaving it — is a powerful tale of resilience 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z “I was worried that anyone who heard about it without having the whole picture would think I was a crackpot,” he said. Is a Long-Dismissed Forgery Actually the Oldest Known Biblical Manuscript? 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z Every 16th-century savant and scholar and crackpot aspired to study in Prague under great minds like the astronomer Johannes Kepler and the court mathematician, Tycho Brahe. Unmasking Magic and Murder in the Best New Crime 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z Given his ferocious intellect, I must assume this is down to my stupidity and the time of the morning rather than his crackpot ideas. John Lloyd makes Edinburgh debut 2013-07-26T07:03:01Z I think of these things, and I begin to understand how women with more leverage in the world would be eager to explore friendlier-looking alternative options for their care, however crackpot they may be. Our crappy healthcare system is to blame for Goop 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z “I showed it to Albert,” he recalled, “and it was very crackpot, and he liked it and said, ‘We should write a musical together.’ Albert Innaurato, Playwright Who Lit Up Broadway in ’70s, Dies at 70 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z “Dream House” is no exception, though this crackpot thriller from the usually competent Jim Sheridan leaves only one mystery unsolved: what on earth was he thinking? | 'Dream House': ?Dream House,? With Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz in - Review 2011-09-30T23:03:07Z In general, the Third Reich embraced crackpot doctrines “that buttressed its racial, political, and ideological goals.” It turns out ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ wasn’t so far off about the Nazis 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z Did she immigrate to California, where she was revered as the high priestess of a crackpot religion? ‘Sea of Glass’: A 1955 masterpiece you’ve probably never heard of 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z Various 20th-century crackpots intent on outlawing pregnancy termination turned to this myth and wrapped it in pseudoscience. Seven crazy myths about the female anatomy 2012-08-24T13:37:00Z Her version of the list, turned into a work called Truisms, features such nuggets as: "A lot of professionals are crackpots." Jenny Holzer: drawn to the dark side 2012-06-04T17:36:01Z Autism’s 60-fold rise in 30 years matches a tripling of the US vaccine schedule” is, in fact, crackpot. Wrong again, Jenny McCarthy: First it was vaccines and autism, now it’s HIV 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z The scene was very funny, but felt close to the bone given some of the crackpot cures that have been suggested for coronavirus. The Only West End Show Still Standing 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z Today, I have an almost complete collection of the William books; their crackpot humour never dates and is as good as the Goons. The great books giveaway 2011-03-04T11:19:03Z Not funny Twitter crackpot mode, we’re talking full-fledged tweeting like a man wandering around the penthouse with a bat mode. Trump: You’re fired! 2012-11-07T20:54:00Z The pair then rehearsed the scene, which detailed crackpot remedies to cure and avoid catching the plague: from drinking treacle to rubbing a toy chicken’s posterior on your face. The Only West End Show Still Standing 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z “Up to then, they’d been kind of dubious about Beccari, this Italian botanist — that he was kind of a crackpot. They thought, ‘Oh sure, an 11-foot-tall arum that smells like rotting animals.’ Giant, smelly flower finally puts on show at Volunteer Park 2014-09-13T04:00:00Z Like, for instance, when the other perspective is totally crackpot. Anti-vaxxer’s Tribeca triumph: Discredited doctor’s documentary about “the long-debated link between autism and vaccines” doesn’t belong in respected festival 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z These include “crackpot potential” and an inability “to accept closure on matters that others considered settled if their questions aren’t answered.” Whatever Happened to Just Being Type A? 2017-10-07T04:00:00Z The reporter turns to the camera and remarks, laconically, “To most Zambians, these people are just a bunch of crackpots, and from what I’ve seen today, I’m inclined to agree.” The Zambian “Afronaut” Who Wanted to Join the Space Race 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z These were gonzo vignettes introducing people whose lifestyles were, as the title insinuated, unusual and/or eccentric: fundamentalist Christian loons, survivalist crackpots, white supremacist dunces. TV OD: Twilight of the Porn Stars 2012-06-08T23:05:09Z His wife’s social media posts, full of ugly commentary and crackpot theories, surreptitiously deleted. Perspective | Tainted by Fox News scandals, Bill Shine now works for us all. No big deal, right? 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z In 2010, Christopher Hitchens wrote that he believed the aftermath of 9/11 had "accentuated a crackpot strain" in Mr. Vidal "that gradually asserted itself as dominant." ArtsBeat: Gore Vidal Leaves the Ring 2012-08-01T13:26:33Z Politicians, crackpot inventors, conspiracy theorists and spiritual mediums loved his show, which let them reach huge audiences without facing challenging questions. Larry King, Breezy Interviewer of the Famous and Infamous, Dies at 87 2021-01-23T05:00:00Z In a mesmerizing slide-show, archaeologist Jeffrey H. Shanks surveyed the use of ancient ruins and lost civilizations in horror fiction and crackpot scholarship. Review | Dispatch from a ‘horror’ convention: It began in a dark, candlelit room . . . 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z He makes the old tinkerer a crackpot who carries on conversations with himself, Gollum-style. 'Wrath of the Titans' has a little fun on its way to Hades 2012-03-28T20:11:16Z Its conjuring of American conspiracy theories, through paintings and installations evoking secret cabals and satanic cults, feels all too relevant amid today’s crackpot theories of world leaders running child sex rings in pizza restaurants. How Conspiracy Theories Shape Art 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z The accomplished musical crackpot Frank Zappa lauded them to the skies, and the idiosyncratic writer Lester Bangs waxed manic in The Village Voice. | 'The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World': Three Sisters, a Deluded Dad and Some Wretched Rock 2011-06-08T02:15:25Z From the first shot of Koresh, staring soulfully through his aviator frames at an incoming government helicopter, he registers not as a manipulative crackpot but as a true believer who got in over his head. Review: Taylor Kitsch Is a Charismatic David Koresh in ‘Waco’ 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z I made phone calls to archaeologists, prospectors, adventurers, and crackpot conspiracy theorists. Goodbye, iPhone. Farewell, Brooklyn. Let’s move to Honduras and camp with jaguars 2013-01-05T20:00:00Z And not by some crackpot reality show; by PBS. Television Review: ‘Nova: Life on Fire’ and ‘Doomsday Volcanoes,’ on PBS 2013-01-01T22:42:19Z “They were a gabby seditious lot,” Williams writes, “in the worst of health but with kamikaze hearts, an army of the aged and ill, determined to refresh, through crackpot violence, a plundered earth.” After a Cataclysm, the Nature Lovers in ‘Harrow’ Struggle to Stay Sane 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z At least then we can finally find out which of our crackpot theories is true. Was Stephen King right to hate Stanley Kubrick's Shining? 2013-04-06T07:03:01Z In the intervening decades, she has become an internet curiosity and minor cult heroine among soul music aficionados who have spun crackpot theories as to her whereabouts and well-being. Jackie Shane, a Transgender Soul Pioneer, Re-emerges After Four Decades 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z “All the books are lousy,” said Mr. Harnisch, 59, who called the Dahlia case “a magnet for crackpots,” but who was impressed with the video game creator’s efforts toward realism. Video Game to Play in Vintage Gumshoes 2011-05-06T20:13:40Z A cult crackpot who is at the same time a perfectly recognizable English eccentric, she addresses herself only to true believers. Angela Lansbury keeps spirits high in 'Blithe Spirit' 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z Her uncles are hard-drinking men with a violent streak; one is an evangelical crackpot living in a garage, another a reclusive therapist who has retreated to the bush. She Left Me the Gun: My Mother's Life Before Me by Emma Brockes – review 2013-03-22T09:01:01Z He also admitted to Pence counsel Greg Jacob that the Supreme Court could be expected to unanimously reject his crackpot idea. Column: Trump could try to blame his lawyers for Jan. 6. But it just got a lot more difficult 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z It makes them forever susceptible to crackpot economic theories, from clinging to the gold standard or arguing that income taxes are unconstitutional. The Donald Trump, George Santos, and SBF fraud cases expose the gullibility of rich conservatives 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z Laughter over the happy, crackpot resolution is accompanied by a shower of tears. Review: Ossie Davis' 'Purlie Victorious,' back on Broadway, hasn't lost a farcical step 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z McCarthy tries to use the fact that his majority is at risk — that either House Republicans hang together or too many of them will hang separately — to corral the crackpots. Opinion: The House Republicans' shutdown politics are dumb and dumber 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z Some Republicans questioned whether they were pushing crackpot theories, and some of the attorneys were indicted alongside Mr. Trump in Georgia. Trump says it was ‘my decision’ to challenge 2020 election results 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z Since the indictment, he has said Trump was led astray by a group of “crackpot lawyers” who wanted to violate the Constitution. Indictment shows White House lawyers struggling for control as Trump fought to overturn election 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z In another interview, Mr. Pence said if he bowed to pressure from Mr Trump and “his gaggle of crackpot lawyers” then “literally chaos would have ensued.” Trump’s GOP rivals increasingly take shots at him as criminal charges pile up 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z Pence took on his former boss more forcefully last week, accusing him of surrounding himself with "crackpot" lawyers after his 2020 defeat. Mike Pence does not rule out being witness for Trump's prosecution 2023-08-06T04:00:00Z For every crackpot influencer, religious fraud or political charlatan, there must be dozens, if not hundreds, of devoted American followers. Why America is going backward: Being the richest nation in history isn't enough 2023-08-05T04:00:00Z Had he listened to Trump and his “his gaggle of crackpot lawyers,” Pence said, “literally chaos would have ensued.” Pence seizes on Trump’s latest indictment as he looks to break through in crowded GOP field 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z Sometimes, history cold-bloodedly decrees that the difference between a crackpot and a genius comes down to the size of the bank account he winds up with. Real estate, transit, oil — how early L.A. built fortunes and bred scoundrels 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z "Sadly the president was surrounded by a group of crackpot lawyers that kept telling him what his itching ears wanted to hear," he said. Donald Trump slams election indictment on eve of court hearing 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z Libertarian crackpot Ron Paul even named his offspring, today a senator from Kentucky, after the goddess of greed. There's no such thing as a conservative intellectual — only apologists for right-wing power 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z Scholars studying the conspiracy theories these people fall for sometimes belabor the issue of whether they really "believe" such crackpot notions. The GOP's heart of darkness: Why Ron DeSantis can never beat Donald Trump 2023-05-20T04:00:00Z He is a political provocateur with a devoted following among right-wing militants, crackpot conspiracy mongers, white nationalists and neo-Nazis. CNN hands Trump a bullhorn | Horsey cartoon 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z Scientists don’t think this conception is likely in the real world, but they also don’t relegate time travel to the crackpot realm. Is Time Travel Possible? 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z The comments are where the cloak of anonymity allows any and every ill-informed crackpot to spout off. Perspective | And now for a few comments about the comments 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z Last April, the state’s crackpot surgeon general, Joseph Ladapo, recommended against puberty blockers and hormone treatments for anyone under 18, a stand contradicting the recommendation of the U.S. Column: A transgender patient's lawsuit against Kaiser is a front for the conservative war on LGBTQ rights 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z Joseph Ladapo, Florida’s crackpot surgeon-general, refused to wear a mask at a meeting with a state legislator even after she told him she was a breast cancer patient with an elevated susceptibility to infection. Column: COVID deniers think a new study says mask mandates don't work. They should try reading it 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z But crackpots like Rogers shouldn’t be elevated and given the power and platform to legitimize their hateful and crazy beliefs. Column: In Arizona, a crackpot gets promoted and underscores the danger to democracy 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z He spends a lot of time debating quantum mechanics “crackpots” on the internet. Unlucky numbers: Fighting murder convictions that rest on shoddy stats 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z They show Meadows and other high-level Trump allies reveling in wild conspiracy theories, violent rhetoric, and crackpot legal strategies for refusing to certify Joe Biden's victory. We all feel Trump fatigue — and he's in serious trouble. But don't look away 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z Paranoid crackpots have been scribbling since the dawn of written language; why have they become so influential now, to the point where they are dragging down American life expectancy? There really is a "great replacement" — but it's not what Tucker Carlson says it is 2022-12-24T05:00:00Z The Reichsbürger were, for years, a source of national derision, dismissed as crackpots. Reichsbürger: German 'crackpot' movement turns radical and dangerous 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z “Most people once believed these to be crackpot ideas; many still do,” Mr. Trump’s lawyers wrote. Trump legal team revives Twitter litigation: ‘Crackpot ideas sometimes turn out to be true’ 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z "Crazy train. Sounds crackpot," admitted Ryan, a focus group participant, after viewing footage of Lake repeatedly making false claims about the 2020 election last spring. "Perfect storm": Arizona could prove pivotal in attempts to subvert the next presidential election 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z He patiently listens to far-fetched rants and crackpot theories, registering skepticism but never letting disagreements about politics or lifestyle destroy his relationships or even define them. Review | Drawn to the prairie, in search of answers to big questions 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z “Just hours after taking control of this platform, its owner spread crackpot conspiracy theories about the attempted murder of Speaker Pelosi,” Reiner tweeted Monday. Are celebrities really leaving Elon Musk's Twitter? Some are, but others vow to stay 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z The midterm election is a chance to silence both the naysayers and the crackpots. We could face the sunset of democracy — or the end of the world: Get off your butt and vote 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z “But crackpot ideas sometimes turn out to be true.” Trump legal team revives Twitter litigation: ‘Crackpot ideas sometimes turn out to be true’ 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z The first thing to know about the Republican candidate for California governor is that he’s a good guy, not a jerk or a crackpot. Republican Dahle is likable, level-headed and highly respected. But he won't win California governor 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z "Friedman may have been an accomplished number-cruncher, but when it came to social issues, he was a crackpot," said Carol Corbett Burris, executive director of the Network for Public Education. Florida ranked No. 1 for "education freedom" — by right-wing group that wants to privatize it all 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z In April, Mr. Cox was a speaker at a rally populated by QAnon crackpots. Opinion | Dan Cox’s now-deleted Gab-fest shows why he’s unfit to lead Maryland 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z He just has the same fascistic instincts as Benito Mussolini and thought he could use his crowd to intimidate Congress into going along with his crackpot plans to overturn the election with fake electors. 24 hours of a coup: Jan. 6 hearings end with damming minute-by-minute account of Trump's crusade 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z In our day, pressure is building to force people to pretend that crackpot ideas are sane. Democrats taking crazy to a new level 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z Here’s a look at crackpot credos that flourished and foundered in L.A. Horses, motorcycles and fast cars: Angelenos have long loved racing and racetracks 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z “This particular idea is crackpot,” said Barry Friedman, a New York University law professor who sits on the Axon AI Ethics Board. Firm proposes Taser-armed drones to stop school shootings 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z There are no universal, tight background checks to prevent guns from being purchased by criminals and crackpots. America's gun violence problem won’t be solved until firearm owners finally understand it must be 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z That crackpot theory asserts that white Americans are being purposely usurped and overrun by dark-skinned people and a flood of illegal immigrants whom Democrats, Jews and cosmopolitan elites are utilizing to gain electoral power. The pack has the ‘lone wolf’s’ back 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z “Professor” Hill peddles a crackpot theory claiming practice is no longer required for mastering a musical instrument. Commentary: Are Broadway megastars obsolete? Not while Hugh Jackman and Patti LuPone are around 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z Throughout this period, various conspiracy nuts, hucksters, crackpots and grifters were running in and out of the White House with ludicrous schemes, pushing conspiracy theories. Keep the leaks coming: The case against Donald Trump is being built up by Republicans' big mouths 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z "We cannot allow the right's crackpot views to prevail." Fracking: Crackpot views driving renewed interest, MP says 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z Rather than celebrate her accomplishments, they chose to focus on crackpot interpretations of her exemplary career as a lawyer and jurist. Opinion | Attacks on Judge Jackson’s record were beyond the pale 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z Both voices, however, offer crackpot visions of a New Heaven, a New Earth, unmistakably doomed. Review: Allegra Hyde's climate-fiction narrator is the post-cynical heroine we need 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z Truman didn’t let on in 1948, but in 1962, he was so put off by L.A. that he said, “I’m dressed, and packed up for the trip to the U.S. no. 1 ‘crackpot’ city.” Presidential visits trace L.A. history from small town to big-money donors 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z "Welch's followers were seen as crackpots, deplorables, losers who did not fit into the modern world." Before Trump, Alex Jones and QAnon: How Robert Welch created the paranoid far right 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z Pugnacious and direct in his bid to make Ms. Daniels seem like a crackpot, Mr. Avenatti asked whether she believed in a “haunted” doll that could talk and calls her “Mommy, Mommy.” Michael Avenatti, Stormy Daniels and a Courtroom Time Capsule From 2018 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z Some GOP leaders are willing to feed the most dangerous social passions — to play crackpot roulette — for their own gain. Opinion | The GOP celebration of covid ignorance is an invitation to death 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z It’s tempting to dismiss charlatans such as Pulitzer, and Trump aides such as Meadows who relied on crackpots. Opinion | Trump’s PowerPoint coup plotters were crackpots. We may not be so lucky next time. 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z In his book, "Acts of God," Steinberg explains how mid-20th century farmers who were worried about harm to their crops from cloud-seeding experiments were dismissed as crackpots suffering from a "persecution complex." Why blaming vaccine hesitancy on conspiracy theorists is harmful to democracy 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z A: We took the health-spa experience out of the crackpot realm and made it acceptable, moderate and usable. Q&A: Nearing 100, Deborah Szekely is still a wellness guru and role model 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z All across the country, the Republican Party has hitched its once-bright star to the crackpot conspiracy crowd. California dreaming 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z “Second, he confirmed that the plot was real; not just ‘big talk between crackpots,’ as suggested by co-defendants. 1st sentence to be handed down in alleged plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z “Second, he confirmed that the plot was real; not just ‘big talk between crackpots,’ as suggested by co-defendants. Sentence next for man who says he plotted to kidnap governor 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z When a source they trust indulges their most grotesque, crackpot delusions about government oppression — rather than reinforcing the more mundane truth that the government is merely trying to curb preventable deaths — they listen. Opinion | It’s time for the GOP to dole out some tough love on vaccines 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z For people of a certain age, this is crackpot heresy. The climate crisis is also a crisis of capitalism 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z He also ignited a crackpot rebellion that stormed the Capitol and embarrassed himself as the sorest loser by refusing to attend the inauguration. Trump’s stolen election racket is working extremely well — even here in Washington state 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z Though lacking conclusions, the report still represents a milestone in the study of UFOs, long relegated to science fiction realms and crackpots. What’s on TV This Week: 'Fantasy Island,' Princess Diana, the Tokyo Olympics and more 2021-08-08T04:00:00Z Which is, as experts told The Post, a “crackpot theory” and a “complete misinterpretation” of law. Opinion | Legally, Trump’s tech lawsuit is a joke. But it raises a serious question. 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z Republicans support “defunding the police” because they did not go along with some crazy bill that was larded up with massive amounts of unrelated crackpot spending for corrupt city governments and politicians to throw away. Biden team’s Cedric Richmond blames GOP for defunding the police 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z It's not just because he turns out crackpots who otherwise don't vote. Reports of a "diminished" Trump are greatly exaggerated — he can ride the Big Lie to a 2024 win 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z I don’t mean to suggest that every crackpot political opinion deserves the status and legal protection of a religious doctrine or that all dogmatic mind-sets are morally equivalent. Opinion | Is There a Way to Dial Down the Political Hatred? 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z Four years of Trump have led to the Republican Party becoming a threat to democracy, a declining sect dominated by crackpots, charlatans and cowards. Opinion | Republican senators’ failure to investigate Jan. 6 is worse than their impeachment performance 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z Because of the HIV manuscript and other poor-quality preprints, says Nielsen, the lab leak "became associated with these sorts of crackpot hypotheses and very, very, very shoddy science." Lab leak: a scientific debate mired in politics — and unresolved 2021-03-21T04:00:00Z This was crackpot science at the time, and back then, crackpots weren’t generally encouraged. Opinion | How a generation of 1930s rocketeers led us to unlock the secrets of Mars 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z Big business no longer has a home in the crackpot GOP. Trump impeachment: divided reaction in US after former president acquitted – live updates 2021-02-14T05:00:00Z The language is just as dangerous as crackpot conspiracy theories. Editorial Roundup: Idaho 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z Apart from the ethics of the matter, there is a political case to be made for the firm repudiation of dangerous crackpots. Opinion | Kevin McCarthy is now our most disgraceful political leader 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z It will not be halted by removing Donald Trump, and the crackpot conspiracy theorists, Christian fascists and racists who support him, from social media. Papering over the rot: Joe Biden's window dressing can't end oligarchy 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z Many of the cheers that erupted when the rover Perseverance settled gently on the surface of Mars the other day were voiced by the people of JPL, the descendants of those dauntless CalTech crackpots. Opinion | How a generation of 1930s rocketeers led us to unlock the secrets of Mars 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z They seethe with resentments, they subscribe to conspiracy theories, they are mesmerized by crackpot ideologies, and they escape their personal failings and disappointments by joining together with other like-minded misfits. Twisted twins 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z My point is less theological: The political and religious costs of a tight evangelical alliance with violent bigots and crackpots were easily foreseen. Opinion | Trump’s evangelicals were complicit in the desecration of our democracy 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z As a rule, such people are easy to motivate and organize because they are, well, dangerous crackpots. Opinion | Kevin McCarthy is now our most disgraceful political leader 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z We mostly trusted Walter Cronkite and it was harder for crackpots and propagandists to widely spread hokum. Editorial Roundup: Nebraska 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z Trump speaks to the great American crackpot, especially the younger set that was otherwise more interested in perusing conspiracy theory websites or "pick-up artist" forums than in voting. The crackpot factor: Why the GOP is worried about turning out the vote after Trump 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z For his welcoming of right-wing crackpots into the Republican coalition. Opinion | Trump is engaging in U.S. history’s deadliest-ever sulk 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z “But after January 20th, he just goes back to being another crackpot on the internet.” CNN’s Acosta: Trump will be just ‘another crackpot on the internet’ once he’s left office 2020-11-14T05:00:00Z But then, threatening political opponents on the basis of crackpot criminal allegations is becoming a favorite tactic of President Trump, too. Opinion | Erdogan’s crackpot charges against a harmless activist show how low Turkey has sunk 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z And during the McCarthy era, housewives organized to denounce a World Health Organization initiative to promote mental health, seeing it as a Trojan horse to tag patriots who believed in communist conspiracies as irrational crackpots. Perspective | The GOP has a long history of ignoring science. Trump turned it into policy. 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z It is why Sir David Attenborough said even seemingly "crackpot ideas" are welcome. 'Earthshot': William and Attenborough launch prize to save planet 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z Mr. Attenborough told the BBC that he hoped that there would be many applications for the prize, even those with “crackpot ideas.” Prince William Announces New Prize Aimed at ‘Repairing’ the Planet 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z He speaks up for alt-right crackpots, his sleazy associates and dictators with blood on their hands. Opinion | Joe Biden captured the romance of decency 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z On the one hand that provides an opportunity for people to say “The scientists don’t know what they are talking about”, and any crackpot or opportunist can exploit that by looking at the extremes. Carl Bergstrom: 'People are using data to bullshit' 2020-08-01T04:00:00Z That is the definition of a being a delusional, partisan crackpot. Opinion | Trump is the king of lies 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z Even suggestions that "may sound crackpot" are welcome, added Sir David, so long as they have the potential to make a difference on what he called "the world scale". 'Earthshot': William and Attenborough launch prize to save planet 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z None more loudly than Dr. William Wallace Whitney Christmas, who was either an unsung pioneer of early aviation or a crackpot inventor whose winged creations killed anyone who flew them. Perspective | A Virginia historian claims aviation history was made in 1908 in Fairfax 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z Hannah Arendt wrote of the communists and fascists that they replaced “first-rate talents” with “crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity” was the best guarantee of their loyalty. Anne Applebaum: how my old friends paved the way for Trump and Brexit 2020-07-12T04:00:00Z We’ve written before about the crackpot legal theory underlying the plaintiffs’ case and its endorsement by Trump. Column: Incredibly, amid COVID-19 pandemic, Trump moves to take away your healthcare 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z “People are just hearing crackpot cures and ideas on Facebook because they have no other better source for information. And that’s a real shame for America.” Deep newspaper job cuts prompt rare plea for federal funding to news media 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z If this strikes you as fanciful, premature, the crackpot ramblings of the sportswriter with no sport to write about, then fine. Beware sporting disaster capitalists not letting this crisis go to waste 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z They are “crackpot theories that need to be addressed, but in the age of social media it is just impossible,” said Daszak. Experts fear false rumours could harm Chinese cooperation on coronavirus 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z First to amuse themselves, and then because the crackpots they ridicule participate in the madness, Eco’s characters seal their own doom. The Trump era is a golden age of conspiracy theories – on the right and left | Nicolas Guilhot and Samuel Moyn 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty. Lindsey Graham is now Trump's attack dog: Sooner or later, the blowback will come 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z The third presidential impeachment trial in history is about to begin, and the president is being defended by religious right activists, corrupt politicians, crackpots and camera hogs. Meet the goon squad: Donald Trump's defense team is amazing — but not in a good way 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z As we’ve discussed, Trump not only believed Putin, he also acted on that belief, pressing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to pursue, among other things, a crackpot conspiracy theory about Ukraine’s role in American election interference. Trump struggles when asked about Ukraine messages from Putin 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z But a conspiracy theory is not necessarily crackpot or wrong: If the conspiracy is real, the theory may be correct. Opinion | Trump Isn’t the Only One With Conspiracy Theories 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z He's got an elaborate new conspiracy theory involving Barack Obama and Adam Schiff, featuring a brand new investigation with the DOJ and some Ukrainian crackpots. Donald Trump's one-man wrecking crew: Bill Barr wants to defeat impeachment, and then some 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z “Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the dangers of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of ‘crackpot’ than the stigma of conformity. They grew up in the K-pop limelight. Is it to blame for their deaths? 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z In Mr. Trump, Mr. Putin found the perfect dupe to promote even the most crackpot of theories. Editorial Roundup: US 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z It’s a problem that Republicans are peddling crackpot conspiracy theories. Some Republicans struggle to understand their own conspiracy theory 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z And we can be sure that Trump's most loyal guard dog, Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, along with borderline crackpot Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas, will be looking for ways to upend the proceedings. Impeachment: We're drawing near the endgame — and, man, is it gonna get ugly 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson called it “some crackpot scheme that would involve many, many billions of taxpayers’ money nationalizing a British business.” In U.K. elections, free Internet for all is among the big-ticket promises on offer 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z The plan would see millions more properties given access to a full-fibre connection, though Prime Minister Boris Johnson said it was "a crackpot scheme". Will fibre broadband be obsolete by 2030? 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z Johnson described Labour’s broadband plan as a “crackpot scheme.’ Free broadband? UK Labour Party promises nationalization 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z “What we won’t be doing is some crackpot scheme that would involve many, many tens of billions of taxpayers’ money nationalizing a British business,” Johnson told BBC radio. UK PM Johnson says Labour's plan to part-nationalise BT is 'crackpot' 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z It's literally everyone else who’s lying, rather than the crackpot who was developing a Trump Tower Moscow while emphatically denying it to his own cult members. So we're supposed to treat Donald Trump with respect, after all this? Oh, hell no 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z Christian Hirte, the government’s commissioner for the eastern states, says: “It is my firm conviction that the overwhelming majority of eastern Germans do not want anything to do with far-right crackpots who are violent.” Thirty years after it fell, the Berlin Wall still divides Germans 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z Trump had been following crackpot conspiracy theories that somehow it hadn’t been Russia who hacked the 2016 election but rather Ukraine, and that the Democrats were behind the whole thing. We’re going to impeach Trump’s sorry ass — thanks to a few brave citizens 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z And while that’s certainly a relevant detail, the larger question is why, even in 2019, he’s made this crackpot conspiracy theory such a priority. Trump's obsession with Clinton emails isn't just about Clinton emails 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z If the state didn’t have such fine weather, this kind of crackpot governance would have already rendered the Golden State a complete basket case. Brexit bungles point to the genius of American system 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z Newsom criticized the president for trying to impose his will on private industry, saying it was a strong-arm tactic expected in “crackpot, Third World countries” and not the United States. Newsom calls Trump's effort to scuttle California's auto emission standards 'pathetic' 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z That does not mean, however, that any crackpot who claims to have discovered one should be automatically taken seriously. QAnon is the conspiracy theory that won't die 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z Clyde Ford was also baffled that his dark-skinned father accepted crackpot myths about skin color and racial inferiority, as well as controversial social science used to justify discrimination and bigotry. At Big Blue, America’s first black software engineer blazed a trail but paid a heavy price 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z D.C. is the crackpot owner of a low-rent amusement park where the rides are designed with minimum safety for maximum fun. TV Listings: Here are the feature and TV Films airing the week of July 21 - 27, 2019 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z A disturbing number of people are forgoing vaccinations for their kids or getting their “news” from assorted crackpots and hustlers on social media. Spring Cleaning 2019: Eight things to toss 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z Just the usual petty vengeance that’s been all but normalized by this ungainly and incompetent crackpot. Time for the Electoral College to die: Can the popular-vote compact save America? 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z History is riddled with seemingly crackpot ideas that led to massive breakthroughs. The wild side of discovery, a history of information warfare, and the immune system uncovered: Books in brief 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z Facebook, wittingly or unwittingly, has succumbed to a crackpot propaganda campaign. Facebook praises an Iranian cult known for killing U.S. citizens 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z Of all the crackpots on social media, is any more untethered to reality than the president of the United States? Opinion | The scariest thing about Trump’s tweets 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z What started out with an accusation that the sex worker was some kind of grifter or crackpot ended up with the initial reporting from the WSJ being borne out and then some. Everybody do the Giuliani shuffle 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z Beyond the delight of a well-reasoned crackpot theory, I don’t think people were gloating about her demise, but attempting to make sense of her jarring career: surely these artists weren’t the same person? Still complicated: Avril Lavigne: 'I’ve had to fight people on this journey' 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z Throughout most of “The Water Cure,” the reader can’t tell whether the daughters really are refugees from a poisoned apocalyptic future or just the unwitting captives of a tiny crackpot separatist cult. A Twisted Fairy Tale About Toxic Masculinity 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z Or do Facebook and the Council want to promote a crackpot group for reasons of their own, perhaps related to the current U.S.-Saudi policy of hostility to Iran? Facebook praises an Iranian cult known for killing U.S. citizens 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z “He thought she was a crackpot, but hilarious,” David wrote. Perspective | Better dead than read? Of course not. Still, reading can have its own burden. 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z Trump has a crackpot for acting attorney general, Matthew Whitaker, a man associated with a company that promoted time travel and Bigfoot. The beginning of the end of America’s best idea 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z My colleague Ruth Marcus writes: “The acting attorney general of the United States is a crackpot.” Opinion | Matthew Whitaker is steeped in time travel and Bigfoot. He’s the right man for the job. 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z The acting attorney general of the United States is a crackpot. Opinion | Matthew Whitaker is a crackpot 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z The rightward mobilization during the suburban explosion of the 1960s gave Orange County a national reputation for hard-line conservatism with a crackpot edge — “nut country,” in the words of Fortune magazine. In Orange County, land of reinvention, even its conservative politics is changing - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z There's plenty of crackpot skepticism over the USA's legendary 1969 moon landing, but Hawking isn't convinced by conspiracies – and said it was a pivotal moment for humankind. Stephen Hawking said 'there is no god' and that humans will 'live in space' in final book 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z This marks Curtis’ fourth return to the role that made her famous, and she must have had an especially grand time playing Laurie as Haddonfield’s resident gun-toting crackpot, an unhinged teller of inconvenient truths. Review: A nasty, nimble ‘Halloween’ sequel finds this horror franchise in pretty good shape - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z In tapping, as the nation’s top law enforcement officer, a man with experience with hucksterism and conspiracy theories, President Trump has embraced his inner crackpot. Opinion | Matthew Whitaker is steeped in time travel and Bigfoot. He’s the right man for the job. 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z If small local newspapers are careful to limit how much space they give to local crackpots and political hacks, the standard should be much higher for a national newspaper read by millions of people. Trump’s USA Today op-ed: The real point was to threaten his enemies with violence 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z Friction-free information and the death of distance have not ushered in a new Enlightenment, but enabled every crackpot belief and bile-drenched enmity to gain adherents. Reddit: the rancorous rise of a social-media phenomenon 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z He took particular delight in debunking “propaganda and crackpot conspiracy theories,” as he put it to Naval Academy midshipmen 10 months ago. Opinion | McCain conspiracists say his brain cancer was a hoax 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z Literally, these “news” organizations are running out of bullhorns to hand out to these crackpots. Facebook equal to Soviet Union’s Pravda 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z And for those of us who have written quite a lot about what a load of smug, overpriced, crackpot twaddle this is, there is a very revealing section in Paltrow’s profile. Gwyneth Paltrow's latest profile reveals the wellness industry's utter quackery 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z Meese, Ronald Reagan’s right-hand man from California, is the godfather of Original Intent, the crackpot, right-wing legal theory that will, if Kavanaugh is confirmed, be enshrined for decades to come. Brett Kavanaugh's nomination is a victory for 'originalists' | Jill Abramson 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z By then, Kobach was busy again back home, defending his crackpot theories in Robinson’s courtroom. Opinion | America’s No. 1 voter fraud conspiracy theorist goes down in court 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z Perhaps that’s because his Trump support appears superficial compared to her ceaseless crackpot conspiracy theorising. Why hasn't Kanye West been 'cancelled'? 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z For years, Gaffney was widely seen as a fringe crackpot, which mainstream officials kept at arms’ length, but in the Trump era, that’s changing. Bolton changes the National Security Council, but not for the better 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z Many congressional Republicans are gladly playing along, as if this weren’t a crackpot story, attacking the investigation and targeting federal law enforcement. Under pressure, Trump embraces new conspiracy theory, gives it a name 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z Voters need to become more knowledgeable about economics so they don't buy into crackpot populism that damages them in the end. Trump Proposes Rejoining Trans-Pacific Partnership 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z He's seen a flurry of reaction to his plans, with detractors labeling him a crackpot for planning the launch in a homemade contraption and his belief that the Earth is flat. Flat-Earther's steam-powered rocket lofts him 1,875 feet up into Mojave Desert sky 2018-03-25T04:00:00Z He’s seen a flurry of reaction to his plans, with detractors labeling him a crackpot for planning the launch in a homemade contraption and his belief that the world is flat. Mike Hughes, self-taught rocket scientist and flat-Earth truther, blasts off in California 2018-03-25T04:00:00Z It is unfortunate that both parties sat back and allowed a crackpot to send this message, but, candidates from both parties need to wake up and acknowledge that the memo has arrived. As Primaries Begin, Divided Voters Weigh What It Means to Be a Democrat 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z It is more conjectural than the harder sciences, but it need not be a crackpot undertaking. Opinion | Frederick Douglass’s Fight Against Scientific Racism 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z Imagine the millions and millions of people crackpot theories like this are reaching and influencing. A bizarre Parkland conspiracy video topped YouTube’s trending list 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z The whole "pelvic floor therapy" field is a garbage basket of crackpot ideas with sketchy underlying anatomic and physiologic foundations. Pelvic Massage Can Be Legitimate, but Not in Larry Nassar’s Hands 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z Or they were dismissed as crackpots, hunched over bubbling potions in smoky huts, on a quest for “the philosopher’s stone.” This chemist is unlocking the secrets of alchemy 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z Aided by the conspiracy mongers at Fox News, they have promoted a crackpot theory that there was a “secret society” within the FBI trying to bring down Trump. Trump's attack on the FBI is an attack on the US constitution itself | Jill Abramson 2018-01-27T05:00:00Z Trump and and his inexperienced, crackpot advisors are making fools of themselves and shaming our country every tine they open their mouths. Trump, in Davos, Mends Split With Britain and Widens One With Palestinians 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z Sometimes, the only way to tell the difference between a crackpot and a visionary is to wait a while. 'It's a no-brainer': are hydrogen cars the future? 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z The theory behind this crackpot degree is one developed by a frontier doctor in the 1800’s. Pelvic Massage Can Be Legitimate, but Not in Larry Nassar’s Hands 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z Third, Romney represents a personal and political threat to the president, so Trump and Stephen K. Bannon may well try to persuade another crackpot lackey to run for the seat. Opinion | As Orrin Hatch retires, here are six things to watch 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z “He’s a crackpot,” Stewart said in a phone interview Wednesday from Alabama. For Virginia GOP’s provocative Senate hopefuls, Moore loss is a warning shot 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z Roy Moore was a ridiculous candidate from the GOP’s crackpot wing, the argument will go, so his narrow defeat tells us very little about the direction of the prevailing political wins. Alabama delivers a wake-up call to Trump's Republican Party 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z In my lifetime, newspapers have also helped end unjust wars, brought down bad presidents, nailed despots, shamed crackpots and entertained us just enough to keep us coming back every day. A toast to a small morning pleasure, and a toast to you for reading it 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z We have to fight against propaganda and crackpot conspiracy theories. Read John McCain's Speech to Naval Academy Graduates 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z Throughout the book, Sykes assails Republicans and conservatives for not pushing back hard enough against the crackpots — and he points to moments along the way that only emboldened them. Review | It’s like ‘What Happened,’ but for conservatives 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z They may see Roy Moore as a lawless crackpot, but so long as they see an “R” after his name, they’ll welcome him with open arms. Republicans can't run from Roy Moore's record forever 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z Sprinkling KKK crackpots with some useful subversive digital counterculture, has given white supremacy a new lease of life. From hope to hate: how the early internet fed the far right 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z And while the purging of crackpots ought to be celebrated, what if all that remains are talk show hosts, sycophants and second-rate economists? Opinion | William F. Buckley Jr. and the collapse of the conservative movement 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z It's not as crackpot as it appears, as the star of The Crown was once in the frame to play the comic book supervillain. 9 stars who turned down great film roles - BBC News 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z The point here is not that he’s some kind of fringe crackpot. Trump's legal team features some unexpected members 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z Although he was already immortalized as the Caped Crusader, a younger generation had embraced West for his role voicing the corrupt, crackpot Mayor Adam West in the animated comedy TV series “Family Guy.” Seth MacFarlene, Mark Hamill and others remember Adam West: 'He knew comedy, and he knew humanity' 2017-06-10T04:00:00Z The Daily Mirror accused May of forming a “Coalition of crackpots” and pointed out that the Northern Irish party opposes gay marriage and abortion. 'Tories turn on Theresa': papers across the spectrum have knives out for May 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z The history preferred by conservatives, including Buckley, is a version of Felzenberg’s maturation thesis, a purging of crackpots and fringe prejudices to allow the light of “true conservatism” to shine more brightly. Opinion | William F. Buckley Jr. and the collapse of the conservative movement 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z No, they mock you because you promote crackpot fasts, barmy pseudoscience and overpriced tat on your website. Oh, Pippa Middleton – you should have gone full Eurotrash. Not be a Sloane married to a stuffed cashmere jumper 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z I’m so old, I remember when a few crackpots didn’t think LeBron James was a complete basketball player. Are We Doubting LeBron James and Cleveland Again? 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z But an even bigger change is that those who are promoting the most crackpot of theories are no longer relegated to the weird, dark fringe. Sandy Hook father Lenny Pozner on death threats: ‘I never imagined I’d have to fight for my child’s legacy’ 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z When we were in college, these were crackpot theories, and we always thought they were books that kids read in high school or maybe as sophomores in college, and then we all grew up. Google, Facebook, Amazon undermine democracy: They play a role in destroying privacy, producing inequality 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z Lynch’s research made him feel certain that Fawcett, unlike so many of his predecessors, was not a soldier of fortune or a crackpot. The Lost City of Z 2005-09-12T04:00:00Z There is a big difference between crackpot theories and putting bread on the table. Middlebury, My Divided Campus 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z Conway seems convinced that the best way to stay in her boss’s good graces is to spread parody-defying crackpot theories, or at least add a dash of color to President Trump’s own crackpottery. Opinion | The Trump administration dons a tinfoil hat 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z Regardless of how they choose to do so, most people who contact Congress have legitimate concerns—but, as any staffer can tell you, there is a small but enduring subgroup of wiseacres and crackpots. What Calling Congress Achieves 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z It was the doctrine of elites, not mavericks or crackpots. Opinion | Trump’s populism isn’t fascism. So what is it? 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z He flatters Alex Jones, the leading crackpot conspiracy theorist of the airwaves, as a man of “amazing” reputation. John Lewis, Donald Trump, and the Meaning of Legitimacy 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z Sykes said he regrets not drawing the line more strongly against conspiracy theorists and “crackpots” on the right. Wisconsin conservative talk show host ends 23-year run 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z It is worth noting that many leaders of nationalist movements started in similar ways — seen as clowns or crackpots, not serious, always underestimated, completely improbable — right up to the moment they seized power. Trump’s American nationalism 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z Will it be some crackpot theory about this or that conspiracy? Trump must dump Michael Flynn 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z One of my part-time employees tends to believe every crackpot theory she finds on the internet. Can You Legally Tell an Employee to Stop Giving Customers an Earful? 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Not an authoritarian state, not a crackpot dictatorship, not a rogue nation or warlord outside of legal and ethical commitments to international statutes, but a democratic country, a member of the comity of nations. India’s crackdown in Kashmir: is this the world’s first mass blinding? 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z Nor do they care about the authoritarian policies he espouses, his truly scary embrace of dictators abroad and crackpots at home, or his monumental ignorance on every subject. Fat-Shamer in Chief 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z The Democratic National Convention was devoted in large part to propagating the message that Trump is an unhinged crackpot who would start a nuclear war. Trump Is Now Normal 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z Never had the GOP nominee done all of this in such a fun-house-mirror fashion as on Friday, when he disavowed a crackpot con that he had once promoted. Trump: Never wrong, never sorry, never responsible 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z Like David Duke, “birtherism” has functioned—at least since 2011 and to a considerable extent before then, too—mostly as a liberal-media trope for the purpose of depicting Republicans as crackpots and racists. ‘We Got Played’ 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z But let's stay focused on the nut of the issue: Trump spent years touting a racist, crackpot conspiracy. Lies Upon Birther Lies 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z Donald Trump is a bad “clown,” a “crackpot” and an “abnormal candidate”: Regression to the Meme 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z No one can say, but the ad hoc investigative group of conspiracy theorists and crackpot celebrities seems pretty convinced that Hillary Clinton had someone secretly feeding answers into her ear during the forum. The phantom earpiece phenomenon: Why presidential candidates are consistently accused of cheating during debates 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z A crackpot who exploited a broken party and a broken nominating process to threaten the world. Exploiting a broken system: Trump’s within striking distance of Hillary — and that’s mind-boggling 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z Longtime adviser Roger Stone is a crackpot conspiracy theorist who asserts that Bill and Hillary Clinton are “plausibly responsible” for the deaths of roughly 40 people and that Hillary Clinton should be “executed for murder.” Trump’s repellent inner circle 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z Sometimes reminiscent of the philosophical types in “Mindwalk” and “My Dinner with Andre,” the talkers cover a wide range of categories, with the occasional crackpot theory taking up brief stretches of time. ‘Lo and Behold’: Herzog’s talky, engaging look at our wired world 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z So it was left to campaign surrogates and random crackpots. Think the election will end on Nov. 8? You’re so wrong — Trump and his backers will certainly contest the “rigged” results 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z Trump’s victory, if unchallenged from the right, would force conservatives to replace their own principles with his rancid stew of racism and sexism, along with his slew of various crackpot theories on politics and economics. Never-Trump Confidential 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z She had lots of phone calls, some of them were a bit crackpot, from people wanting their dogs cloned. Dolly at 20: The inside story on the world’s most famous sheep 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z I still kind of like this as a Z-grade crackpot prediction. The Game of Game of Thrones: Jaime, believe me 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z Obviously, crackpot rhetoric from a presidential candidate the day after the worst mass shooting in American history is indefensible, but I’m curious: what do Trump’s Republican supporters and enablers think about this? Trump suggests President Obama may be terrorist sympathizer 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z Trump apparently believes he predicted that radicalized crackpots will try to kill people. After Orlando massacre, Trump faces leadership test -- and flunks 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z It takes at least $500,000 — the amount of money given Cramer’s campaigns by the fossil fuel industry — to buy that kind of crackpot theorizing. A walk in the dead woods 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z The attack on this front can be partially attributed to Trump’s crackpot adviser Roger Stone who co-authored a 2015 book titled, “The Clintons’ War on Women.” Gun nut: Trump, the one with the “best words,” is incoherent when talking about firearms — and everything else 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z While law enforcement officials disagree about whether Steve Hodel is a brilliant vigilante or an obsessive crackpot, no one has been able to prove him wrong. I know who killed the Black Dahlia: my own father 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z While the kids these days like to crack jokes about jet fuel and steel beams, the JFK assassination is really the classic rock version of an event that attracts every crackpot theory imaginable. Dear media, please call out Trump on this: He’s a tinfoil-wearing conspiracy theorist — ignoring that is irresponsible 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z “I thought you were a crackpot,” he said. How I rented a piece of a river in a never-ending western drought 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z He cited the example of Daniel Guggenheim, who championed the rocketry pioneer Robert Goddard in the 1930s when he was widely dismissed as a crackpot. The Billionaire Who’s Building a Davos of His Own 2016-04-16T04:00:00Z With all of that said, there is no reason why the NBC/MSNBC behemoth should have booked some of the right-wing crackpots they have allowed to pollute their airwaves over the last couple of weeks. What the hell was NBC thinking? Glenn Beck, Ann Coulter & the legitimization of the crackpot caucus 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z In everyday conversation, we tend to use the word “theory” to mean a hunch, an idle speculation, or a crackpot notion. In Science, It’s Never ‘Just a Theory’ 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z Acting offended that anyone dare accuse them of spreading conspiracy theories while spreading conspiracy theories is standard operating procedure for crackpots. Dear media, please call out Trump on this: He’s a tinfoil-wearing conspiracy theorist — ignoring that is irresponsible 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z If “the rules that once governed our discourse,” were in effect, Rubio would have been deemed a crackpot whose career was ruined by his public espousal of unhinged garbage. In race against Trump, Rubio takes aim at Obama 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z He said he feared Republicans, with “crackpot ideas,” would “steamroll us” if handed total control of state government. The Latest: Democrats defend House seat in Kentucky 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z His obsession with being a “true conservative” as well as his ties to religious crackpots will alienate huge swathes of voters in a match-up against Clinton or Sanders. The Republican establishment copes with disaster: There’s no escaping the impossible choice of Donald Trump vs. Ted Cruz 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z And while such an unhinged perspective may seem limited to crackpot fringe, Rubio was offering subtle support for this argument with his carefully scripted talking points, which he repeated on Saturday night. Rubio's clumsy case against Obama and 'change' 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z There are almost two-dozen Republican primary races for the 150-member state Legislature that will determine if Texas is merely conservative or crackpot crazy. Turning Texas blue?: 3 trends could undo the 20 years of Republican rule Texas has endured since the days of Ann Richards 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z Part of the reason for this is crackpots like Falwell and Pat Robertson, who aligned themselves with the Republican Party in order to bolster their brands and grow their bank accounts. The religious right exposed: Donald Trump’s speech at Liberty University proves just how gullible evangelical voters are 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Yet though these agitators may be crackpots, criminals, terrorists or all three—and only a handful are holed up in Oregon—it would be wrong entirely to dismiss them as unrepresentative. They the people 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z Chris: Can I tell you a crackpot theory about the living room of tomorrow? CES: everything you need to know about the biggest annual event in tech 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z And thanks to the cavalcade of crackpots in conservative media, the imaginary hazards are everywhere. They’re traitors: Let’s call the Oregon standoff what it really is — domestic terrorism 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z Nonetheless, expect this theory to gain more traction in crackpot circles if Trump becomes the nominee. The 5 craziest right-wing conspiracy theories of 2015 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z The experiments inspired many crackpot cloud-seeders, who hoped to get rich producing rain for farmers. How H.G. Wells missed writing a book that became a Vonnegut classic 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z In April 2010, the journal sent him a rejection — with a referee’s report implying that Van Raamsdonk, a physicist at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, was a crackpot. The quantum source of space-time 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z I think that a lot of reasons why there has not been more serious work in this area is that academics don’t want to be conflated with flaky, crackpot type of things. The Doomsday Invention 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z "It will show that I'm not some crackpot." Pilot is building a glider to ride winds to the stratosphere — with no engine 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z Maybe Republican voters will indeed settle on either a wild-eyed crackpot, political naïf with limited knowledge of policy or a sleep-eyed crackpot, political naïf with same. They're Not Going to Win 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z This week’s intervention hastened the demise, with Carson restating his belief that the pyramids were not pharaonic tombs, as some crackpot Egyptologists claim. Even if being president were brain surgery, you wouldn’t want Ben Carson doing it | Marina Hyde 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z “My only reaction to the case had been a vague feeling that every political campaign has a few crackpots who cause embarrassment,” he said in his 1975 Watergate memoir “At that Point in Time.” Former Sen. Fred Thompson, had TV and film roles, dies at 73 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z Personally, I’m tired of every crackpot idea being funded, and the inherently racist focus of this grant is particularly noxious.” Golden Hammer: Feds spending millions on racially targeted obesity studies 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Not to put too fine a point on this, but we’re delving deep into crackpot waters at this point. Ben Carson just can't help himself 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z Hitler, Snyder tells us, was obsessed with the question of growing enough grain to feed the German population and, for various crackpot reasons, didn’t believe that modern agronomy could make it happen on native soil. Why We Keep Studying the Holocaust 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z But This is no crackpot — he’s a respected molecular gastronomist, the author of 23 books, a celebrity academic who advises French chefs and government officials. Get the Bunsen burner out: It’s time to concoct dinner. 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z In March, 2011, Trump, who was considering a Presidential run, resurrected the crackpot theory that Barack Obama is not an American citizen, declaring, “I want him to show his birth certificate.” Donald Trump and the White Nationalists 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z Well, nobody’s laughing at the old-time lefty crackpot now. Britain’s Bernie moment: Is an unlikely left-wing hero about to conquer the Labour Party? 2015-08-15T04:00:00Z You expect from experience that at least one will say something crackpot. Donald Trump, the Kingmaker 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z He’s a conspiracy theorist with unsettling ties to the nation’s crackpot fringe. Rand Paul's failed audition for the role of Anti-Trump 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z So he’ll watch alone “because people will think I’m a crackpot when I’m yelling at the TV screen, and if I’m in other people’s company, I’ll tend to do that. I get really wound up.” Ellis’ college coach eager to watch US win World Cup final 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z Some thought Stout was a crackpot, at first. Was the Scarab an Original Minivan? 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z “When gay rights looks like race does today, where you have a handful of crackpots still resisting,” he said, “you might see an administration picking a fight.” Schools Fear Impact of Gay Marriage Ruling on Tax Status 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z When a group of male lions uncharacteristically raids a nearby resort, killing guests and employees, Jackson is haunted by the crackpot theories of his late father, who predicted such a calamity. Summer TV Preview 2015 | Every new show, the schedule for every returning show, and what's worth watching It wasn’t a crackpot fantasy or “voodoo economics.” Sam Brownback is winning: Don’t be fooled by the hype — his radical experiment is far from finished 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z Powell called the four dissents “known deniers and crackpots,” and noted that their work had been cited only once by the wider academic community. How climate change deniers got it right — but very wrong 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z Franklin Graham, the religious crackpot and second-generation swindler, is in the news again. The Christian right’s raging id: What Franklin Graham’s latest vile comments reveal 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z So much for “convergence theory,” which like EST or cold fusion went the way of most crackpot ideas. America lost the Cold War: Russia, China and the new autocratic world order 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z His self-prescribed syllabus included works on global issues, like climate change, and ran a spectrum from historical works to crackpot conspiracy tracts. Bin Laden’s Bookshelf Reflects His Fixation on West 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z Winston Churchill: Defiance — A year before he became Prime Minister, Churchill was generally considered a has-been and a crackpot. World War II Victory Lessons 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z The best thing about crackpot ideas in politics - so long as they aren’t actively dangerous - is how much they make us appreciate simple realities, no matter how mundane and problematic they are. Analysis: Recent California newspaper editorials 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z Of course, there’s an inherent falsification problem in a situation like this: those who are inclined to believe the crackpot ideas are equally inclined to reject official denials. Walmart, Pentagon try to knock down conspiracy theory 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z What’s more, interest in Carson as a credible national candidate began to fade a bit when he shared some rather crackpot views on social policy. Right-wing neurosurgeon Ben Carson enters 2016 race 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z What’s especially interesting to me is the frequency with which the line blurs between elected officials’ concerns and fringe crackpots’ conspiracy theories. The perils of political paranoia in Texas 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z Mike Parker said he was "younger and angrier" when he said in 2001 that parts of Wales were inhabited by "gun-toting Final Solution crackpots". Election 2015: Plaid Cymru candidate in Nazi slur row 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z Mallett says he kept his work on time travel secret for years partly because colleagues would conclude he was a crackpot unfit for tenure. Time machine remains his obsession to see late dad 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z Slater also described the proposed honoree as a "bigot," a "charlatan" and a "crackpot." Why did L.A. name street after Scientology's L. Ron Hubbard? 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z Increasingly, the conservatives’ view seems to be that every crackpot idea—if developed by right-thinking crackpots—deserves its day in court, especially the nation’s highest court. The Supreme Court Against Reality in King v. Burwell 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z Banning MPs from having second jobs would result in the House of Commons being dominated by "obsessive crackpots". MP's 'crackpot' claim over job ban 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Here are a few of my favorite crackpot theories: OracleVoice: The Top 10 Strategic CIO Issues For 2015 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z But as we discussed yesterday, once any politician develops a reputation as a crackpot, his or her future is limited. Rand Paul and 'temporal' relationships 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z Much of the political establishment considers him “interesting” in a quirky and unpredictable way, but once any politician develops a reputation as a crackpot, his or her future is limited. Rand Paul reflects on 'profound mental disorders' 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z Operating like he held all the cards, Baazov proposed what would seem to be a crackpot scheme. The King Of Online Gambling (Is 34) 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z With all of this in mind, Josh Marshall asks a good question: “Did Chris Christie quietly dump his crackpot Ebola quarantine policy when no one was looking?” Remember Christie's controversial Ebola policy? 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z Starting in the early 1970s, a few intrepid physicists — in the face of critics who felt such “philosophical” research was fit only for crackpots — found that the answer appeared to be yes. Is Quantum Entanglement Real? 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z Luckily, we will probably only be left with imagining, because there is zero chance that a crackpot plan like this will pass in today’s Congress. Elections have consequences. The Insiders: Congress can derail Obama’s global warming fantasies “It's hard for crackpots to say that pancreatic cancer or breast cancer is not real,” says Eric Nestler, a psychiatrist and neuroscientist at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. Medical research: If depression were cancer 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z You just don’t become the most successful country of the last two centuries with a “crackpot” monetary system that is a “doomsday device.” The Keynesians Are In Hysterics Because Their Funny-Money Experiment Is Coming To An End 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z By most fair measures, these are the words of a crackpot on America’s political fringe. Condoleezza Rice praises Ernst's foreign policy vision 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z He said he was labeled a crackpot by adjutant general Maj. Alaska former soldier says he reported allegations 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z Amid the usual partisanship, name-calling, and crackpot conspiracy theories that one finds in comment sections, many of these readers conveyed undeniable threads of truth, ones I’ve been weaving together for decades. They won, we lost: How corruption became America’s national pastime 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z It’s never hard to find crackpot rhetoric in either party’s fringe – collecting outrageous pronouncements and proposals as a demonstration of the other party’s departure from common sense is a fairly standard political commentator trope. Hillary Clinton Is the 'Anti-Christ' and Other Wisdom From Incoming GOPers 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z “Some of these secession movements, like the one in northern Italy, are crackpot movements. If Scotland wins, these are the ones that suddenly turn from cranks to serious.” What Scotland Means for Catalonia. And Flanders and Transylvania... 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z He didn't win, but not everyone laughed off his idea as totally crackpot. Scots challenge for 'Effing Tories' 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z Is the rule based on some crackpot theory, such as that English should emulate Latin, or that the original meaning of a word is the only correct one? Steven Pinker: 10 'grammar rules' it's OK to break (sometimes) 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z Democratic success in Colorado is also due to a well-funded, well-organised state party and a Republican tendency to pick crackpot candidates. Ground war 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z In fact, Putin is no crackpot dictator, but a brilliant student of Russian politics whose 80% plus approval ratings reward his ability to appeal to a population nostalgic for Moscow’s lost superpower status. Is western media coverage of the Ukraine crisis anti-Russian? 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z He highlights some of the grimmer aspects of the profession: the asylums, the insulin comas, the lobotomies, the horrors of Nazi psychiatry, and the crackpot fads such as “recovered memory” that caused terrible suffering. Book review: ‘Our Necessary Shadow,’ on natureof psychiatry, by Tom Burns Despite such criticism, the proposal is not being dismissed in parliament as a crackpot idea. As Ukraine mulls security, some say build a wall with Russia 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z A violent, law-breaking, crackpot, and he’s the conservative cause celebre. Eric Cantor Could Have Stood Against the Tea Party's Madness 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z But perhaps even more eccentric than Eubank was Puerto Rican crackpot Hector Camacho, a man who variously entered the ring in a gladiator's outfit, an American Indian costume, a fox-fur robe and a dress. Be Shakespeare, be shocking, be racist: 12 ways to hype a fight 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z Democrats won’t be running against neophytes or crackpots likely to self-destruct before November. GOP’s post-Obama problem: Why they’re lost without him — and with the electorate he helped create 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z Republicans have pragmatically decided not to concede Senate elections by nominating eccentrics and crackpots. The GOP is still drinking tea “Let me tell you something about the Negro,” Nevada rancher/crackpot Cliven Bundy told us, before educating us that “the Negro” was better off under slavery. Old white racists’ new mascot: “N-word” police commissioner explains why racism isn’t racist 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z Since then, it has obsessed countless experts and generated numerous theories, both scientific and crackpot. The riddle of the Voynich Manuscript 2014-04-07T01:39:53Z Wrapping themselves in the Russian and also the Soviet flag, they regularly called for a referendum on Crimea’s status but got nowhere, widely dismissed as dangerous crackpots nostalgic for the Soviet Union. Sevastopol Journal: Steeped in Bloody History, and Seeing a Chance to Rewrite It 2014-03-06T15:23:55Z At times, Noble, 67, seems puzzled by the crackpot nature of it all. Driven to Set a Record: Zero to 60, Plus 940 2014-03-03T02:51:52Z But in persuading the party’s activist base to come along, establishment leaders have pledged fealty to eccentric, crackpot ideas. The GOP is still drinking tea "To their credit, senior officers recognised technology might offer an answer. This brought a lot of crackpot ideas out of the woodwork but also some with more potential." Hotel where warfare changed forever 2014-02-24T00:05:16Z Flashpoint: Labour said plans to require free newspapers published by councils to comply with a new code of practice - to stop them competing directly with local papers - was worthy of a "crackpot dictatorship". Bill-by-bill: Coalition report card 2014-01-23T23:44:40Z However crackpot that view may sound, it is widespread among supporters of the military, which ousted the Muslim Brotherhood’s elected president, Mohamed Morsi, last month. As Egyptians Ignore Curfew, Talk of a U.S.-Brotherhood Conspiracy 2013-08-26T01:09:00Z Intellectually honest inflationphobes need to explain why they were wrong and stop crying wolf or else it will be reasonable to assume they are simply cranks and crackpots. Today's Economist: Inflationphobia, Part III 2013-07-23T04:01:21Z It was written by a crackpot who lives in a survivalist camp in Idaho with a greasy cap for a best friend and it has all the moral authority of a ransom note. 10 types of irritating advice for parents 2013-06-28T00:52:06Z Every time a panelist offered a crackpot assertion, the financiers scanned the audience to see who seemed to be rolling their eyes. How to Succeed in the (Legal) Pot Business 2013-06-25T09:00:01Z Supposedly 70 votes is the magic number that will shame enough members of the crackpot House GOP majority into supporting it when it gets to their chamber. Democrats’ deal-making fetish will backfire 2013-06-03T11:45:00Z She combined a crackpot appeal to the far-right with an apparent tolerance, if not encouragement, of ethical lapses and campaign finance dodges that threatened to damage not only her but her party. Bye bye Bachmann 2013-05-29T13:05:00Z It’s the part of me that wishes Democrats were tougher, that they didn’t reflexively try to reason and negotiate with crackpot Republicans, and then just fold when the GOP, predictably, won’t budge. How Eric Holder holds on 2013-05-27T17:30:00Z And of course, he said, "there were always crackpot submissions." 'Crackpot' science and hidden genius at physics meeting 2013-04-18T06:53:56Z How the president could have worked his will on the crackpot Tea Party GOP caucus, he doesn’t say. Here’s your sugar-coated Satan sandwich! 2013-02-27T18:57:00Z Not only did he not want to upset this delicate intellectual and spiritual balance and get labeled as a crackpot, but he himself had not started his voyage as a complete non-believer. Darwin Day: A personal offering 2013-02-13T00:15:00.270Z That’s not the only crackpot Tea Party talking point from Graham over the last day. Lindsey Graham hits bottom 2013-01-29T22:34:00Z Ohiolib @ No, but I do believe that lots of people are paranoid crackpots who believe that the rapture is just around the corner. Mayors Rally for Gun-Control Support on Tucson Anniversary 2013-01-08T22:05:26Z "Sometimes crackpots regard each other as crackpots, and are annoyed at being placed in that session," said a chairperson of one such session at this year's April meeting - who should probably remain nameless. 'Crackpot' science and hidden genius at physics meeting 2013-04-18T06:53:56Z For at least the last decade, and arguably longer, we’ve been held hostage, as a nation, by bullies and crackpots. The right’s stunning meltdown 2012-12-21T17:42:00Z But the move has been described as "bonkers", "outrageous", a "dangerous attempt at constitutional meddling" and a "crackpot idea" that would make Parliament "like a reality TV show". MPs: Two for the price of one? 2012-11-23T02:27:33Z “I have colleagues who assumed that I was yodeling in the blue distance of absolute crackpot speculation,” he said. Professor Skeptical About Integrity of Electoral Process 2012-11-08T12:00:00Z Yet Mr. Hussain is also a deeply contentious figure, accused of using his television pulpit to promote hate speech and crackpot conspiracy theories. The Saturday Profile: A Star Televangelist in Pakistan Divides, Then Repents 2012-09-01T00:57:46Z Please feel free to throw out any crackpot theories of your own. MLB: five things we learned in week 19 2012-08-14T15:59:20Z Democrats try to placate and compromise, but the bullies and crackpots only get crazier. The right’s stunning meltdown 2012-12-21T17:42:00Z The group cast itself as being "in sharp revolt against a rising tide of communism, fascism, and kindred beliefs," saying that the movie business was "made of, and dominated by, Communists, radicals, and crackpots." IHT Rendezvous: Disney to Asian Pirates: Knock It Off 2012-07-11T04:18:59Z "I know it makes me look like a crackpot," he said. DealBook Column: A Con Man Who Lives Between Truth And Fiction 2012-06-26T01:23:44Z "Always, always in love." via Twitter Is Supreme Court's senior judge "A crackpot speaker ... imposing his 16th-century will on the rest of us." Jack White's meaningful style 2012-06-24T00:51:27Z Is how to engage with the crackpot at the scientific meeting an ethical question? Is how to engage with the crackpot at the scientific meeting an ethical question? 2012-05-31T19:45:00.410Z Viewed outside his homeland as a crackpot dictator, his death was taken mostly as an opportunity to snicker at his excesses. Still Mourning: The Western Members of the Kim Jong Il Fan Club 2012-01-24T08:10:00Z “Look out, crackpot!” said a troop sergeant, throwing him a bottle half full. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z She's made a career of crackpot pronouncements for which her sole authority is the last person she talked to. The incredible vanishing Michele Bachmann 2011-09-22T00:30:00Z And they certainly weren't taken to appease the crackpot factions that pretend the moon landings never took place; they've long since proven themselves immune to reason. New Pictures of the Apollo Landing Sites 2011-09-07T09:00:00Z Is how to engage with the crackpot at the scientific meeting an ethical question? Is how to engage with the crackpot at the scientific meeting an ethical question? 2012-05-31T19:45:00.410Z To all but the hardy band of crackpots barnstorming for the GOP presidential nomination, risking a U.S. government default was unthinkable. Obama's dopey rope-a-dope strategy 2011-09-01T00:01:00Z "Marty was told that Doc Brown was dangerous, a crackpot, a lunatic," wrote Gale. How did Rocky and Drago avoid steroid testing? 2011-08-22T17:01:00Z This wasn't any hit or miss revival, started by a crackpot, or by some schemer for his own enrichment. The Image and the Likeness 2011-08-23T02:00:33.617Z A large group of Mormons, led by Brigham Young himself, are “depicted as raw crackpots, their religion as primitive and vindictive.” School District Bans Sherlock Holmes Novel for Anti-Mormon Themes 2011-08-15T18:05:00Z And there, face to face with the crackpot, the gate-keepers may behave quite differently than they would in an anonymous referee’s report. Is how to engage with the crackpot at the scientific meeting an ethical question? 2012-05-31T19:45:00.410Z Mr. Sabatinelli called the separation period “a crackpot compromise” to appease the Vatican, which wields considerable influence in this mostly Catholic country. Memo From Rome: Divorce Tourists Go Abroad to Quickly Dissolve Their Italian Marriages 2011-08-15T00:19:34Z “They thought I was a crackpot, but they humored me,” Mr. Casher says. Protoype: With a Flip of a Knob, He Heard the Future 2011-08-06T18:10:50Z The House GOP is forcing votes on all kinds of things that will never pass, from Paul Ryan's crackpot budget to undoing environmental regulations established under Richard Nixon, to prove their members stand for something. The real confidence crisis 2011-08-06T00:01:00Z Commented on Neuroscience, the Singularity, and the Physical Limits of Technology “Throwing around words like "crackpot" and "cult of utopian pipe-dreamers" is a good way to convince everyone that you aren't...” Stanford Students Create JediBot to Fight Lightsaber Duels 2011-07-19T02:39:51Z If you don’t, won’t he keep trying to sell this crackpot idea at future meetings? Is how to engage with the crackpot at the scientific meeting an ethical question? 2012-05-31T19:45:00.410Z He cites the hypothetical conspiracy theorist who searches for '9/11 bombings' and only sees other conspiracy websites rather than articles that debunk the crackpots. Is there a filter bubble? 2011-07-14T13:22:54Z For all the crackpot rhetoric on Fox News and talk radio, his economic policies are mildly progressive at best. The GOP turns its back on Reagan 2011-07-07T01:01:00Z There are "crackpot theories" doing the rounds about UFOs, and Fail says his daughter, whose hobby is ghost hunting, hasn't ruled out the possibility that the mine is haunted. Why is 'the hum' such a mystery? 2011-06-13T13:49:50Z Villains and crackpots are just as worthy as war heroes and Nobel scientists! Assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian dies 2011-06-03T12:56:00Z In the realm of economics, ideas that once were relegated to the minority, or consigned to the crackpot cellar, are suddenly getting full exposure in the bright of the day. How to think about Tea Party economics 2011-04-18T13:01:00Z But you can hear a lot of crackpot theories if you spend enough time in betting shops. Claims Five: Greys in the Grand National 2011-03-25T12:43:31Z Wasn't he the architect of this crackpot fiscal policy that now has given us a $14 trillion national debt? Dukakis on Obama, Palin and what might have been 2011-03-06T15:01:00Z Doubtless the trooper thought he was a harmless crackpot and was even now congratulating himself on being rid of him so easily. Swamp Cat 2011-03-06T03:00:20.453Z So, while crackpot speculations about this particular Catholic order are legion, its ties to intelligence organizations in the U.S. and Western Europe are well-documented. Seymour Hersh and the men who want him committed 2011-02-28T13:01:00Z After the New York screening an audience member asked Kurzweil why it was hurtful when people called him a "crackpot." The Immortal Ambitions of Ray Kurzweil: A Review of 'Transcendent Man' 2011-02-15T12:15:05.193Z If no one on the left making bold proposals, the debate will be completely dominated by the bold crackpot pro-wealthy ideologues of the right. What story does Obama's budget tell Americans? 2011-02-15T03:15:00Z Alas, they tend to attract radicals, ultranationalists or crackpots unrepresentative of the electorate at large. Tough times for diplomacy in post-WikiLeaks world 2011-01-30T17:07:14Z Formerly considered at least queer, if not an outright crackpot, he had now advanced to being respected. Swamp Cat 2011-03-06T03:00:20.453Z Rather, the article reflected the crackpot theories of a publicity-mad sheriff who used the case as a springboard for his political ambitions, ultimately ending up in the U.S. People, we're in deep trouble 2010-12-23T02:01:00Z He provides seed money for businesses and any crackpot money-making idea that comes his way. Manny Pacquiao, the storm from the Pacific, is still blowing hot 2010-12-05T00:09:00Z He refers to some Tea Party activists who fault him over his political résumé as “nuts and crackpots.” G.O.P. Insider Fuels Tea Party and Suspicion 2010-09-19T03:30:00Z Republicans are being fueled by a so-called “enthusiasm gap” but their biggest worry leading up to the midterms should be the “crackpot gap.” The crackpot gap: Boon to Dems, danger to America 2010-09-17T15:45:00Z And gold bugs, often dismissed as crackpots who hoard gold bars in the basement, are finally having their day. Worried About Their Dollars, More Are Turning to Gold 2010-06-12T16:26:00Z "This is not a crackpot side of the debate," Altman said, citing polls showing broad public opposition to benefits cuts, even among conservatives. Social Security's defenders wary of deficit reduction commission 2010-06-09T04:00:00Z "He said 'oh yes certainly' so I think he thought I was an absolute crackpot." Escaped bald eagle lands on 10-year-old girl 2010-05-26T13:03:00Z Of course, a day later I wrote about how many crackpot ideas they got into Maine's constitution. Maine Tea Party: Worse than you think 2010-05-15T03:15:00Z This is not in any sense a self-propelling crackpot modern fairytale. Barney Ronay: Why is a Pompey win so appealing? 2010-05-14T23:35:00Z It commits the Maine GOP fully to the crackpot fringe. Maine's cracked Tea Party platform 2010-05-12T22:13:00Z Sure, there are groups who dress in camouflage, stockpile guns legally, talk incessantly about crackpot conspiracy theories, that don't fall into the abyss. Rapid growth of U.S. militias feeds off politics 2010-04-28T13:37:00Z Take your pick from the collection we’ve compiled of theories, strategies, algorithms and crackpot shots in the dark. Leading Off: Finding a Method to the N.C.A.A. Madness 2010-03-16T16:25:00Z But hey, one person's crackpot ideas are another person's political brilliance. Maine Tea Party: Worse than you think 2010-05-15T03:15:00Z Why bother going through with these interviews once you've already resigned, especially if you're not going to play along with the host's crackpot theories? This week in crazy: Eric Massa 2010-03-12T23:20:00Z It's hard to believe that the state whose two GOP senators, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, are probably the most moderate Republicans in Congress, is now committed to a crackpot fringe platform. Maine's cracked Tea Party platform 2010-05-12T22:13:00Z And his perspective on her is not entirely that of a crackpot. 2010-02-13T01:55:00Z In a chapter on the psychology of suicide bombers, Vedantam draws parallels among obsessed sports fans, a Jonestown crackpot, violent extremists and striving executives. 2010-01-14T21:18:00Z Remember: No matter what some crackpot might say in a chain e-mail, he was born in Hawaii, not Kenya. 2010-01-13T01:20:00Z Wjhat makes you crackpots crackpots is that there was no hysterical reaction to that the shoe bomber was prosecuted in federal court. 2009-12-19T17:22:00Z My thought, however, is that the principal cause of the trouble is the coming into being of this multiplicity of political parties, particularly those composed principally of crackpots and extremists. Triplanetary Maybe the guy was a crackpot or phony, but it wouldn't hurt to hear his story. The Chameleon Man Carson Newell had heard about this crackpot religious group that was having a convention in Palm Beach, and he couldn't see why one of his reporters shouldn't combine business and pleasure. The Telenizer "Then," he told her rudely, "you're just another crackpot and I'm tossing you and your phony confession out of here." Twelve Times Zero We have to act while we still have authority, before the crackpots persuade Congress to take it away. Human Error To old Ephriam—the crackpot who wrote the book before he went completely crazy—that set would have been more magic than I am. No Strings Attached Even as he dismissed Ewing as a hopeless crackpot, he was disturbingly eager to see the pictures in the old album. The Prophetic Camera "I always thought they were some kind of harmless crackpots." Brink of Madness "Have you seen the projectors those crackpots have set up in the hills?" Turning Point Right then, Miller was a crackpot to me, a monomaniac, a guy whose philosophical viewpoint went way beyond the healthy norm. Stamped Caution This crackpot behaviour of yours is too much. German Moonlight My father was a wonderful man, a great man, but he was called a crackpot. The Old Die Rich Other machines began to integrate crackpot reports of things sighted in divers places. The Invaders "I remember he threw away what should have been your inheritance on a flock of crackpot ideas," he told her. A World Apart What was it about Commies outside their own countries that they drew such crackpots into their camp? Combat If he was in his chief's position, he would have thrown the full resources of the department into tracking down these crackpots. Status Quo The letter was dismissed as "crackpot," and no precautions were taken. Fifty Per Cent Prophet The crackpots were defeated, of course, which was actually good for California. Ultima Thule "This wasn't a crackpot idea," she said, eyeing him as if he were another log for the fire. A World Apart Senator Gonzales was fond of the Society's crackpot receptionist, and he knew exactly what kind of hokum would please her most. Psichopath On the face of it, the man was no radical, and the term “crackpot” which Sam had applied was hardly called for. Status Quo Lost people or strayed, crackpots or warped geniuses—I know enough of them to fill an entire department of queer people. McIlvaine's Star But you see, Ronny, the best colonists are usually made up of the, well, crackpot element. Ultima Thule "Your job is to keep crackpots like that away from me," said the mogul. Reel Life Films In spite of the fact that the label was literally true, it sounded so crackpot that no one but a crackpot would bother to look into it. Psichopath It gave the idiot the same political standing as the wise man, the crackpot the same political opportunity as the man of well-grounded common sense, the weakling the same voice as the strong man. Empire These had to be investigated—every lousy, crackpot one of them. The Great Gray Plague During it a crackpot organization called Thirty Dollars Every Thursday managed to get itself on the ballot. Ultima Thule That was always the trouble with those crackpot blokes' explanations of them. I'm a Stranger Here Myself One, it was so obviously crackpot that no one paid any attention to it except crackpots, and, two, it was perfectly, literally true. What The Left Hand Was Doing Wait till you and your mumblin' crackpot pal get out there! The Planet Strappers Therefore, it wouldn't have happened—outside the crackpot fringe. The Great Gray Plague “I had no idea there were so many varieties of crackpot politico-economic systems among the UP membership.” Ultima Thule There could be others: fascists and commies and nationalists and crackpots of all kinds. Space Platform Someone had to handle the crackpots and lunatic-fringe fanatics that came to the Society, and one of their own kind could do the job better than anyone else. What The Left Hand Was Doing |
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