For those of you who missed the home-page update, be sure to read Commonweal columnist Melinda Henneberger's review of Damon Linker's controversial book. Turns out she wasn't too impressed. Here's the lede:

The Theocons, Damon Linkers new book about his former boss, First Things editor Fr. Richard John Neuhaus, is a Catholic The Devil Wears Prada, with payback on every page.

As those who have read the novel or seen the recent movie starring Meryl Streep will know, The Devil Wears Prada, written by a former assistant to Vogue editor Anna Wintour, describes a Cruella De Vil-type tyrant who forces her underlings to fetch lattes and her fur coats. Unlike novelist Lauren Weisberger, though, Linker does not get into his former mentors personal foibles. No, its weirder than that. Linker revealsand I hope you are ready for thisthat Neuhaus and his friends (most prominently Michael Novak and George Weigel) are trying to influence public policy based on their deeply held religious beliefs. Worse, they appear to be succeeding. Its as if Wintours assistant at Vogue had written a scorcher blowing the lid off the fact that all those fashionistas ever do is obsess about clothes.

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