…to find non-NYC American society odd at best, dangerous at worst.

Case in point #1: A Guardian essay by George Monbiot describing a Texas county Republican convention as the key to understanding the horrors of Bushism: “Their beliefs are bonkers, but they are at the heart of power.”

Case in point #2: A piece in The Independent by Andrew Buncombe about the small Bible college in Virginia that’s sent more than its share of grads into jobs with Republican politicians.