Spreading "The Bacteria Of Paranoid Stupidity"

Building on our recent Tech Central Station article, several concurrent posts here (such as this one) have attempted to document the birth of the paranoid style (to coin a phrase) on the left.

Dr. Sanity takes things into the present day, such as this recent quote uttered by one of the leading candidates in the presidential race.

Meanwhile, as Barbara Boxer finds Gaia in the mists of Greenland, Mark Steyn reprints a 2002 article that asks when will this trend will conclude?

Update: Related thoughts on “John Edwards’ Paranoid Solipsism” from Betsy Newmark. And Dean Barnett’s thoughts on the American left and Iraq dovetail remarkably well with the above posts.