Jeff Sharlet

Articles by Jeff Sharlet

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Holy fools

  • 25 October 2007
  • 26 comments

In the 1960s, hippies, rock stars and progressives flocked to Francis Schaeffer's Christian retreat, L'Abri - but his ideas laid the ground for America's religious right.

Preachers of doom

  • 19 July 2007
  • 6 comments

Evangelicals who proclaim the coming apocalypse have failed to mobilise ordinary Americans but their views are gaining influence in Washington.

Keeping it unreal

  • 16 April 2007
  • 37 comments

We consider the "primitive" music of blues singers such as Leadbelly to be more authentic than that of the Monkees. But all pop musicians are fakes

David Blanchflower

Cameron flip flops

Flipping Tory policies prove a flop

Interview

Clive James

The NS interview: Clive James

Political speeches

Our top ten

Great political speeches

Film review

Invictus

Invictus (12A)

Andrew Stephen

The real Salinger

The real reason Salinger sought  escape

Mark Watson

Preparing for fatherhood

Immaculate conception

John Gray

A cure for genocide?

Worse Than War: Genocide, Eliminationism and the Ongoing Assault on Humanity

Simon says relax

Charity singles

Simon says relax

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