Daily Archives: October 13, 2008

Another Young Goodman Brown? Seeing Devils Beneath Every Rock

For a reflection on the curious echoes between Election 2008 and Nathaniel Hawthorn’s short story, “Young Goodman Brown”, click here.

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Christopher Hitchens ZINGS McCain-Palin and Says, “Vote OBAMA”

In Slate today, Christopher Hitchens gives his endorsement to Obama. Money quote: I suppose it could be said, as Michael Gerson has alleged, that the Obama campaign’s choice of the word erratic to describe McCain is also an insinuation. But … Continue reading

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Back to the Iron Age and Elijah v. The Priests of Baal?: McCain-Palin Rally Prayer Makes the Presidential Campaign a Battle over the Competing Reputations of the Gods

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