More Anne Rice

USA Today has an article about Anne and Christopher Rice. It explores a little of the religion that was referenced on Talk of the Nation last week.

Bauhaus regroups

Bauhaus is an English goth group named after the German art movement. I was sick, so I missed the Day to Day's review of the first Bauhaus studio album in 25 years. If you missed it too, check this out.

Anne Rice and the Religious Right

I'm quite familiar with Interview with the Vampire Anne Rice, but hearing her mentioned on the Talk of the Nation segment The Religious Right Hits Soul-Searching Times. The guest former deputy director of the White House Office on Faith-Based and Community Initiatives David Kuo discusses his Washington Post op-ed It's Not Your Father's Religious Right.

Kuo predicts the new evangelicals will be:

• more progressive -- but not liberal
• not Democratic -- yet
• more spiritually cautious and politically shrewd

Kuo uses Rice's book Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana as a good resource for those who want to understand evangelicals more. The novel is a follow-up to Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt. Wikipedia tells us:

In 1996, after spending most of her adult life as a self-described atheist, Rice returned to her Roman Catholic faith, which she had not practiced since she was 15. In October 2004, as she reaffirmed her Catholic faith, Rice announced in a Newsweek article that she would "write only for the Lord."

Now THAT explains why the author of The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty and Cry to Heaven has changed her tone.

celebrity op-ed

In case you care, this is what Angelina Jolie thinks about the Iraq war.

The Simpsons

Did anyone catch The Simpsons last night? I tuned in too late to catch Terry Gross, but saw her name in the credits. The episode is titled "The DeBarted" and was an homage to The Departed.