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Thursday, May 8th, 2008

My new interview in Church & State

Q. What led you to begin studying the influence of Rev. Moon on American politics?
A. I couldn’t believe the absurd relationship between conservatives and the Rev. Moon wasn’t famous. Washington’s guardians of moral virtue had found a way to team up with an iconic ’70s megalomaniac.
If Moon didn’t exist, a James Bond movie would […]

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

Ex-prez Bush hosts cult leader at Texas A&M

Former president George H.W. Bush (left) and longtime travel companion Sun Myung Moon (right)
Jeremiah Wright? Come on.
The Moonies have just trumpeted the latest delegation of their dreaded leader, Sun Myung Moon, to the Bush presidential library in College Station, TX. The occasion: a statesmanlike party Moon was throwing in D.C., from April 28 to May […]

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

Sen. Larry Craig has nothing to lose

And I love it:
Some of the criticism was bipartisan, with Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) agreeing that the situation has become a challenge to explain.
“I’m going to have a very difficult time going home and telling the people of Idaho that we’re going to spend their money while the Iraqi money is drawing interest in some […]