Salon has an interesting interview with Chris Hedges, who last year wrote "American Fascists" to describe the rise of the Christian right. (He was, as you can gather from the title, against it.) So his latest project might be a bit of a surprise: A takedown of militant atheists such as Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins:

Republican voters, in their wisdom, helped restore Hillary Clinton's political fortunes on Tuesday. Christopher Hitchens, a leftist turned... something else, offered his prediction for the ultimate outcome of the 2008 election to radio talk show host Hugh Hewitt on Wednesday.

At the home page, we've got up a few articles about how Barack Obama's race factors into the campaign. It comes on the heels of several op-eds (which you can find by following the link above) -- Anne Applebaum suggesting his race helps make a clean break with the Clinton-Bush cycle of dynastic succession, and

A friend forwards a rather cynical story from AdAge about why "even hardcore racists will vote for Obama." The gist: Racists don't want to be thought of as racists. And Obama is appealing because he is "acceptably black."