Victor Thorn is not a conspiracy theorist.

"Something is no longer a theory when it's proven true," Thorn said. "I can prove these true."

What Thorn is talking about are the topics covered in his latest book, The New World Order Exposed. The State College resident released the book in April and has sold about 1,500 copies to date.

"I was very conscious of sourcing everything and being able to prove it's true," Thorn said about the various scandals and evil government machinations covered within. "Unfortunately, the mainstream tries to marginalize [the underground] with terms like 'conspiracy theory.' This is really a philosophy and psychology book. It lets readers inside the minds of the people who really rule the world."

Thorn said he has run into difficulties trying to promote the book because he believes the media don't want to promote something that challenges everyday beliefs.

"The media has a liberal slant on the surface, but it's actually very conservative," Thorn said. "The media is run by the Controllers and they don't want the status quo to change. Even the Centre Daily Times won't acknowledge it and let readers know about it."

Coined by Thorn himself, the term "the Controllers" refers to those who are truly in control of world events, "calling the shots."

"It's usually international bankers," Thorn added. "The leaders that we know don't make decisions, they implement them. The media perpetuates the myth that these leaders actually make decisions ... I call CNN 'Conditioning, Not News.'"

Lisa Guliani, marketing director of Thorn's Web site, Babel Magazine, describes how the lack of coverage has been frustrating and unwarranted.

"We've even sold the [translation] rights for the book out of the country, but the media has put up a blockade for marketing the book."

The book itself covers a wide range of topics from Sept. 11 mysteries to the Bush family being a money launderer for the Nazis during World War II to the Federal Reserve System being a privately owned, for-profit corporation.

"There are huge gaps between when the planes were hijacked and when they hit," Thorn said, referring to Sept. 11. "Fifty-five minutes elapsed between when the first tower was struck and the Air Force dispatched their jets. There are 10 or 12 bases with pilots on standby 24 hours a day nearby. Why was nothing done sooner? The mainstream media won't touch this because it blows everything out of the water."

Thorn acknowledged that people finally seem to be asking more questions about the events.

"The stuff I've been writing about for two years is finally starting to come out in magazines like Vanity Fair and Rolling Stone."

As for recent events, Thorn merely considers much of what's on the daily news to be more of a distraction than anything else.

"Kobe Bryant, Laci Peterson, Arnold [Schwarzenegger], they're all diversions. It diverts people's attentions away from what's more important. As for me, I want to know why we're going to have a $5.5 billion deficit."

Thorn also keeps busy with a plethora of other media-related hobbies and jobs including hosting Web-based radio and TV shows and running his popular literary site, Babel Magazine, which receives about 250,000 hits a month. Thorn hopes to start up a political Web site early next year, as well as a new daily Internet radio show.

For now, Thorn continues to push World Order, simply in the hopes of getting people to think a little more about their everyday lives.

"[Penn Staters] will find out more about the world from this book than from any other book they'll read in class," Thorn said. "It's a hopeful book that empowers people. Isn't it our responsibility to know as much as we can about the world?"

Other authors applaud Thorn's underground efforts. Gordon Thomas, another author, said, "In the world we live in, Victor Thorn's writing is a beacon. A bright searchlight on what people want to hide, the truth."

The New World Order Exposed can be purchased at www.babelmagazine.com.