WaPo's Froomkin is scary today.
Short version: White House aides have regular study groups, on Biblical Revelations, the Imminence of the Apocalypse, "Left Behind" trash literature, and Intelligent Design.
Read it all the way through...
I suppose this makes the root of some of the policies coming out more comprehensible, if less rational.
Shall we say that this does not seem to be a terribly productive way for the White House staff to be spending their time. Maybe this is their "quiet period"?
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Still cloudy and cruddy in Boston, so here are some links for you. Science:
Breaking: Hunter Gatherer Societies Were Incredibly Violent
It's simple--as long as one doesn't criticize the press corps from the left (doing it from the right is ok and accepted--you get to be the house liberal. Bob Somerby:
Happy Friday! Links for you. Science:
Journalists Unclear on the Concept
Dan Froomkin of the Washington Post writes:
The really strange thing about that editorial, is that it starts out be showing the hypocrisy involved: Bush touts how open our democracy is all the while he's the one who has made his Administration the most secretive ever. You'd think with all that Bible study, the Administration would know better than to bear false witness.