I know, you don’t have to tell me: “Consider the source”. I’m still debating whether Max Blumenthal is aspiring toward that higher vision of what journalism should be, or if he’s got some kind of agenda. But I’ll say two things in this instance: his research and writing is quite good. That, and I’m compelled to agree enough that he’s on to something here that I felt led to post about it.

The Nation‘s website has publishedan excerpt from Blumenthal’s new book Republican Gommorah: Inside the Movement That Shattered the Party. The selection, titled “The Nightmare of Christianity”, is about Matthew Murray, who shot and killed four people during attacks at a missionary training facility and then a church in Colorado two years ago. Murray may or may not have had severe problems already that should have been addressed. But to hear Blumenthal describe it, Matthew ...