From World, Bertrand Russell's "firm foundation of unyielding despair" was tragically odd: "One great benefit of going to a good Christian college is that you read important bad books with the help of wise Christian scholars"; and are we being infiltrated and surrounded by people who want us dead and our country destroyed? Republicans are in the grip of an apocalyptic rapture cult centered on revenge and vindication: An excerpt from Frank Schaeffer's Patience with God: Faith for People Who Don't Like Religion (or Atheism). From Religion Dispatches, more on Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement that Shattered the Party by Max Blumenthal; and a look at how Mormonism built Glenn Beck. John Richardson on the communist connection Glenn Beck doesn't want to talk about (and more). Truther consequences: Meet Alex Jones, the next Glenn Beck. Tea for You: Fans of limited government have taken their lumps lately, and unfortunately, one “tea party” does not a revolution make. For a bogeyman, ACORN sure is small: What's missing from the news media's ACORN stories is any sense of proportion. ACORN is just the latest example of how conservative media love to blast the Times for its shortcomings — so why can’t they live up to the Gray Lady’s standards? A look a how the media push false equivalency between Left and Right rage. Obama's right: It's time to stop taking Fox's skewed news seriously. Liberals, lay off Obama: The left should stop complaining the president hasn’t accomplished anything. Nancy Rosenblum on anything but partisanship: Anti-partyism, bipartisanship, and the luster of independence.