There had been discussions about a mass suicide. In some circles, there were practice drills,” one survivor recounted to The ...

Nov. 18th will mark the 40th anniversary of the Jonestown Massacre, in which "drinking the Kool-Aid" was a pivotal part in the deaths of 918 people, mostly Americans, in a commune in Guyana.

And some people will insist that “drink the Kool-Aid” stems not from Jonestown but from “The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test,” Tom Wolfe’s 1968 book about the psychedelic peregrinations of ...

Nov. 18th will mark the 40th anniversary of the Jonestown Massacre, in which "drinking the Kool-Aid" was a pivotal part in the deaths of 918 people, mostly Americans, in a commune in Guyana.

The residents of Jonestown weren’t the only ones to drink the Kool-Aid. Jonestown remains a cautionary tale about the power of ideologically-inspired delusions.

This Kool-Aid drinking tendency applies equally to politics, religion and startups. ... When entrepreneurs first begin to look for people for feedback on their idea, ...

Over the years, the “drinking the Kool-Aid” expression has become a shorthand for cultish conformity. Skepticism—the enemy of blind adherence—is a handy defense mechanism.

The Iraq war started as a war of ideas. It erupted from the most exhilarating and divisive clash of ideology since the end of the cold war. Every facet of the case for war became a site of conflict.

Even if Michele Bachmann's plan to kill Social Security fails, the tea party could still screw geezers like me.

And some people will insist that “drink the Kool-Aid” stems not from Jonestown but from “The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test,” Tom Wolfe’s 1968 book about the psychedelic peregrinations of ...

And some people will insist that “drink the Kool-Aid” stems not from Jonestown but from “The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test,” Tom Wolfe’s 1968 book about the psychedelic peregrinations of ...