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this, mainstream political lead-
ers lend precious legitimacy to
groups and ideologies previous-
ly relegated to the darkest cor-
ners of our political system. And
they further polarize debate over
the key issues of the day.
So gun control is no longer
about proliferating gun owner-
ship versus the perceived need
for self-defense in the face of
worsening crime. It's now about
fending off a sinister government
conspiracy to outlaw all guns.
And the drive to cut the feder-
al government is no longer about
balancing the needs of our most
vulnerable citizens in this
pinched new era. It is, for con-
spiracy mongers and those who
bring their ideas forward, a cru-
sade against evil officials intent
on manipulating lives in pursuit
of ungodly aims.

FAMILIAR TUNE

Conspiracy theories are enor-
mously appealing in times of eco-
nomic and social stress. They are
also antithetical to the values of
democracy and pluralism, always
positing absolute villains as the
cause of every problem, and de-
flecting attention from the com-
plex process of finding real
solutions.
Republican leaders may in-
deed have a responsibility to in-
vestigate the events at Waco and
Ruby Ridge.
But they also need to tread
carefully on the blurry line be-
tween legitimate criticism of gov-
ernment agencies and the
dangerous, highly divisive con-
spiracy theories — the most mod-
ern manifestation of a
scapegoating process Jews know
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f you're of a certain age, there in the privacy of his own home,
was probably a time when you he documents the Jewish
thought Shabtai Zisel ben strands that have been woven
Avraham was a modern-day into Dylan's work since his emer-
sage. No doubt you puzzled over gence as a latter-day Woodie
eternal questions like this one: Guthrie.
why, exactly, did
Yudelson's cyber-
the vandals steal
space jaunt with
the handle? You
Dylan began in
poured over his
1991, when he
lyrics with cabal-
wrote a story about
istic fervor, naive-
the singer's life and
ly suspecting that
times from a Jewish
the exercise would
perspective.
somehow put you
That story — in-
in touch with the
cluded as part of the
secrets of life.
Web page — tracks
Most of us
Dylan's erratic spir-
eventually devel-
itual journey from
oped a more so-
his years as son of a
phisticated view of
the cosmos. But
SITE: Tangled UP in Jews: the Jew-
this seminal song-
Bob
ishness of Bob Dylan
writer — also
Dylan
known as Robert
HOW TO GET THERE: Set your World
Zimmerman, bet-
Wide Web browser for this URL
ter known as Bob
(address):
Dylan — has always repre- http://www.well.com/user/yudel/Dy-
sented the joys and some- lan.html.
times the foolishness of the
youthful quest for under- From there, just click away. If you
don't have a browser, check with
standing.
If any of this strikes a re- your Internet provider.
sponsive chord, check out an
active site on the World Wide Jewish merchant in Hibbing,
Web devoted to Bob Dylan's Jew- Minn. to his recent involvement
ish connections, a subject of end- with the Lubavitchers and the
less fascination to reporter Larry many strange stops along the
Yudelson.
way.
By day, Yudelson covers the
Yudelson describes that mem-
New York scene for the Jewish orable day in 1961, when the
Telegraphic Agency. By night,
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