Technocracy: The 'Witches' of Upstate New York

My WND Technocracy column this week is about the bizarre case of a dozen high school girls in Upstate New York.

 Genuine though it may be, the girls' sickness is perfectly suited to dramatic displays.

The girls are all suffering from physical symptoms characterized by facial tics, verbal outbursts, and other behaviors.  Toxins, infection, and drug abuse have all been ruled out by both county and state health officials.  Earlier this week, a couple of the girls and their parents went public, demanding "answers" and insinuating that health officials were lying about their condition.  In response, a pediatric neurologist who has seen the girls has more or less admitted that he thinks they have "conversion disorder" (what we used to call "mass hysteria").

Read the full column here at WND.