Before we get to the Kool-Aid part, let's recap some horrible American history. Jim Jones was a complex man. Long story short, he was a communist and occasional Methodist minister who founded his ...

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 ...

The phrase “drinking the Kool-Aid” refers to followership at its worse. It was coined after a delusional, pseudo-guru named Jim Jones led his cult, the Peoples Temple, to mass suicide. Over ...

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.

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.

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 ...