Why the Conspiracy Pages are Outdated

The short answer: real life. I started my conspiracy pages when I was a second-year law school student. Unfortunately, my time committments have expanded significantly since then. In my third year, I accepted an editor's position on one of the school's law journals and also participated in moot court competitions. After graduation, I had to study for the New York Bar Exam in July (which, mercifully, I passed!). And after that, I moved to New York City to start my legal career with a large law firm. The demands of a corporate legal practice don't leave much time for extracurriculars, and unfortunately researching the fallacies of conspiracy theorists is a time-consuming project.

I should also note that I am grappling less with the conspiracy nuts. One can only make the same points so many times before it becomes overly tiresome. My Usenet time is more devoted to political topics now; indeed, I am considering adding some commentary on political issues to my page. This has some advantages: the need for time-consuming research is lessened, since the "issues of the day" usually have data readily available; conspiracy theories, on the other hand, usually involve obscure and difficult-to-locate materials. Moreover, political topics are less research-intensive anyway; while one must always be informed to provide good commentary, at the end of the day it is the commentary and not the research which is at the heart of the matter for political topics, unlike writings dealing with consipiracy theories. Finally, political commentary is simply a greater intellectual challenge.

That doesn't mean that the page is totally defunct; one never knows -- if I can work it in at some point, I may add material at some later date. But don't bank on it.

Thanks to all of you who have responded so positively to this page as a resource.

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