“Hot and Bothered: Facing up to Global Warming” by Bill McKibbon. Now that global warming denial seems to be crumbling – even former skeptics are coming around – what will we do about it? And what kind of role should churches play?

“Theocracy! Theocracy! Theocracy!” at First Things. Ross Douthat reviews the recent spate of books announcing an impending Christo-facist takeover of America.

“Confessions of a ‘Genetic Outlaw’” by University of St. Thomas Law School prof Elizabeth R. Schiltz. Will improved genetic screening make parents who refuse to terminate pregnancies with genetic abnormalities like Down Syndrome feel like criminals? Via Mirror of Justice.

“Reality Bites Back” by Alan Bock on the latest Mideast mess.

P.S. One more: “It’s a Local Battle, not WWIII” by Leon Hadar.