More on the Biblical World Order...
Wow. Remember that Monbiot piece on the "Left Behind"ists, and the Kevin Phillips chapter upon which I commented awhile back? Have a look at David Batstone's new column in Sojomail. Here's a chilling outtake:

It was jarring to realize that many American Christians reject the notion of a separation of church and state as a "humanistic secular plot" to obstruct God's proper ordering of U.S. society. They want to see the establishment of a theocracy that puts into place many of the Mosaic laws as established in the Old Testament. At the moment, they are mobilizing a strong cadre of religious leaders and members of the U.S. Congress to rewrite the legal system.