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Joseph P. Laycock, The Conversation
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How the Ouija board got its sinister reputation
The Oujia board's origins were anything but evil. It emerged, in part, out of a longing to communicate with loved ones who had died during the Civil War.
Joseph P. Laycock, The Conversation
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Why are people starting to believe in UFOs again?
Whether it's Clinton's courting the UFO vote or Trump's lending credibility to conspiracy theories, the 'triumph of reason' seems to have gone by the wayside.
Joseph P. Laycock, The Conversation
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Can a burgeoning satanic movement actually effect political change?
What, exactly, are the political goals of The Satanic Temple, which formed in 2013? A religion professor attended a recent satanic ritual to find out.
Joseph P. Laycock, The Conversation
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This holiday season, who’s ‘Uninvited’ from Goa?
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‘No data’ and other tactics: How the government is dodging RTI queries on health pacts with Big Tech
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‘Ours is the only Kashmir party under attack’: Waheed Parra on the loneliness of the PDP
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What does the summary expulsion of an Opposition MP say about Parliamentary democracy in India?
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As the war on Gaza rages on, have human rights declarations been buried under the rubble?