Wednesday, April 5, 2006
An American Iliad
Garry Wills in The New York Review of Books reviews At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965–68 by Taylor Branch.
Though Branch does not indulge in such contemporary references, I thought instantly of the difference between this outpouring of religious support for the beaten [civil rights] marchers and the eruption of right-wing religiosity that sent President Bush hurrying to Washington to block a court order on Terri Schiavo's condition.¶ 4/05/2006 11:40:00 AM
