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Moi on Twitter, pointing to an AP Report by Elana Schor and David Crary, 6 November On this day when the worm may be turning (if at sloth...

\ John Nichols at the Nation  on what has sustained Michelle Bachmann on the national political scene, despite her clownish statements...

At Huffington Post, Geoffrey R. Stone explains how the Republicans won the House of Representatives last Tuesday--though more than h...

When even the crazies call Michelle Bachmann crazy , you know she's gone waaay 'round the bend.

More end-of-week religion and politics news: 

In the news right  now: The controversy about the Siri phone app continues , with the news media reporting that petitions are ci...

Michelle Bachmann tells a high school student that, yes, a white man and black woman can too marry, only not each other .  All they ha...

A selection of articles from the week that caught my eye, on disparate topics:

African-American CNN reporter Don Lemon, who came out as a gay man this past May, reports that Michelle Bachmann's staff members and...

When the Rapture arrives : We'll still have Mr. Obama with us.  But Ms. Palin will be with the Lord and all his angels.

And, speaking of the powerful role that religion continues to play in the public sphere in the U.S., particularly vis-a-vis human rights i...

Andrew Leonard writes at Salon :

Katrina Vanden Heuvel, editor of the Nation , appeared on MSNBC’s “Hardball” Friday to address remarks made by Minnesota Representative Mich...