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{{distinguish|Jessie Walker|Hoss Walker}}

'''Jesse Walker''' (born September 4, 1970) is books editor of ''[[Reason (magazine)|Reason]]'' magazine.<ref name=":0">[http{{Cite web|url=https://reason.com/people/jesse-walker/all|title=Jesse ''Reason''Walker|date=19 MagazineSeptember on-line2023 staff biography, retrieved November 24, 2014]}}</ref> The [[University of Michigan]] alumnus has written the books ''The United States of Paranoia: A Conspiracy Theory'' (HarperCollins, 2013) and ''Rebels on the Air: An Alternative History of Radio in America'' (NYU Press, 2001), and he maintains a blog called ''The Perpetual Three-Dot Column''. His articles have appeared in a number of publications, including ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', ''[[The Washington Post]]'', ''[[The Atlantic]]'', [[Salon.com|Salon]], ''[[The New Republic]]'', ''[[Politico]]'', ''[[L.A. Times]]'', ''[[L.A. Weekly]]'', ''[[Chronicles (magazine)|Chronicles]]'', ''[[Boing Boing]]'', ''[[No Depression (periodical)|No Depression]]'', and the ''[[Journal of American Studies]]''. He has also worked as a DJ, a dishwasher, and a miscellaneous office grunt, and was once hired to help move a clandestine dog farm.<ref name=":0" /> He lives in Baltimore with his wife and their two daughters.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=About Jesse Walker|url=https://www.amazon.com/Jesse-Walker/e/B001KHVNZS?ref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share|access-date=2020-10-20|website=www.amazon.com}}</ref>

Walker was critical of the [[War on Terror]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://reason.com/archives/2002/09/11/were-not-winning-the-war-on-te|title=We're Not Winning the War on Terrorism|date=11 September 2002}}</ref> and opposed the [[Patriot Act]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://reason.com/archives/2003/02/10/terrorism-security-and-slipper|title=Terrorism, Security, and Slippery Slopes|date=10 February 2003}}</ref> He has stated that it is a myth that the U.S. pursued an "[[isolationist]]" foreign policy between [[World War I]] and [[World War II]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://reason.com/blog/2017/04/05/the-myth-of-isolationism|title = The Myth of Isolationism|date = 5 April 2017}}</ref>

* The "Benevolent Conspiracies" are angelic forces that work behind the scenes to improve the world and help people.<ref>Jesse Walker, ''The United States of Paranoia: A Conspiracy Theory'' (2013) [https://www.amazon.com/United-States-Paranoia-Conspiracy-Theory/dp/0062135554/ excerpt and text search]</ref>

* {{C-SPAN| Jesse Walker 71839}}

* [https://www.npr.org/2013/09/07/219718597/suspicious-in-united-states-of-paranoia-its-not-just-you NPR Interview, "Suspicious? In 'United States Of Paranoia,' It's Not Just You"]

* [https://www.vice.com/en/article/5gw79k/americas-not-so-secret-paranoid-underbelly Vice Interview, "America’s Not-So-Secret Paranoid Underbelly"]

* [https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/10/americans-are-better-russians-conspiring-hurt-american-democracy/573862/ The Atlantic, "How Russian Trolls Imitate American Political Dysfunction"]

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