Dissecting Obama’s Message to Iran

If American foreign policy had a souvenir shop, what would it sell? AMERICA THE GIFT SHOP is an installation project that reflects the foreign policy of the last eight years through the fun-house mirror of American commerce. Mr Toledano : America the gift shop.

For those of you haven’t heard yet, a new book is coming out Monday called Tempting Faith: An Inside Story of Political Seduction. Written by David Kuo, who was a well-placed person in the Office of Faith Based initiatives, it details how the Bush administration used faith to further a political agenda. Via Street Prophets, I found this interview hosted on Crooks and Liars. To me the most pertinent passage is: One official who rated grant applications told Kuo, “ when I saw one of those non-Christian groups in the set I was reviewing, I just stopped looking at them…