4/2/2005 » Religion

In case there anyone still doubts whether the U.S. is a religious majoritarian nation, the current NYT home page devotes around 90% of its primary news coverage (marked in yellow) to more than 18 stories about the death of the pope.

The deathwatch itself was Schiavo-ish in its intensity. Did he speak a word at the window? Did he not speak a word at the window?

Just let the poor man go. Don’t create a cult of personality, don’t go all Mayan and fetishize him as a living representative of the sun god. The ecclesiastical handlers trying to smokescreen his frailty in his later years rivaled those of Dubya.

He was just an old man trying to do his best, rest his soul.