A ‘conspiracy theorist’—and a Kennedy—as a presidential contender

Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler:

“At this point,” writes David Samuels, “fact that Robert F. Kennedy is the country’s leading ‘conspiracy theorist’ alone qualifies him to be president.”

Samuels makes that curious claim in a long article for Tablet, which is accompanied by a much longer interview with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., who last week declared himself a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the presidency. There is probably very little overlap between the readership of Tablet, “an online outlet about Jewish life and identity,” and that of the Catholic Culture site. Yet there may be an interesting convergence of ideas at work here. Report is here.