[MCM] Jeff Sharlet's new essay on Christianist insanity

From Jeff: "Naked and Guilty" is a story about a hell house in Texas bound up in an essay about sex and evangelicalism, published this winter in the print-only edition of Lapham's Quarterly. It draws on my last book, but most of it

[MCM] Two cheers (or less) for a WashPost editorial

It's great to see that paper face the fact--based on a new study from MIT, and reported last week in the New York Times--that millions of Americans were disenfranchised on Election Day, and great that they're upset about it, and want Congress to address the problem. And yet this editorial could

[MCM] Karl and Tim (and Sarah?)

The great Shannyn Moore digs into a rich vein of Rovian scuzz (and seem to have discovered Sarah Palin there). MCM Karl Rove, Sarah Palin & Tim Griffin walk into a bar... Shannyn Moore Just a girl from Homer. Posted March 16, 2009 | 09:04 PM (EST) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shannyn-moore/kar

[MCM] The US is facing a "Weimar moment"

The US Is Facing a Weimar Moment by Robert Freeman http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/03/15 In early 1919, Germany put in place a new government to begin rebuilding the country after its crushing defeat in World War I. But the right-wing forces that had led the country into the War and lost