WaPo's Froomkin is scary today.
Short version: White House aides have regular study groups, on Biblical Revelations, the Imminence of the Apocalypse, "Left Behind" trash literature, and Intelligent Design.
Read it all the way through...
I suppose this makes the root of some of the policies coming out more comprehensible, if less rational.
Shall we say that this does not seem to be a terribly productive way for the White House staff to be spending their time. Maybe this is their "quiet period"?
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