Doug Henwood wrote:
> Seems odder than, say, Canada and Mexico, to pick two nearby
> examples. Both have richer political cultures, as far as I can tell,
> and fewer religious crackpots in public life.
>
Any hypotheses as to why the U.S. should be so uniquely plagued by religiosity? One can understand it in Iran and some other Islamic nations as a reaction to western imperialism. But why in the U.S.?
Carrol