Today the 55th annual National Prayer Breakfast. Except there’s more to it than just prayer, as outlined by Jeff Sharlet over at The Revealer, a daily review of religion and the press. Creepy stuff.

While you’re there, you might dip into another piece by Sharlet, reprinted from Harper’s and part of a forthcoming narrative history of fundamentalism. More creepy stuff.

This article appears in Feb 1-7, 2007.

Consciously avoidant. Now accepting applications for biographer in order to fill out this space more appropriately.

2 replies on “Tomorrow the Groundhog”

  1. Brother, I read that second piece last week after hearing Sharlet interviewed on Air America. Veeeeeerrrrry creepy!

  2. Speaking of creepy, check out Chris Hedges’s article on the rise of Christian fascism in the U.S:

    http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/013007F.shtml

    Also note that Hedges and his sources do not use the term “fascist” in a casual, pop-lefty kind of way. The analysis here is grounded in an historically rigorous study of World War II-era fascist movements.

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