Whoever is holding the power says, "Yeah, let's keep things civil and quiet." Whoever's outside say's, "No, I'm not going to keep things civil and quiet, I'm going to bang on the door."

What the Cold War did was provide a fairly clearly defined enemy and it's easy to organize around that.

Elite fundamentalism has always been on the corporate side of things.

What's interesting is the populace movement of fundamentalism is starting to mirror that approach that elite fundamentalism has long had of trying to have influence across the political spectrum.

There are real radical Muslim groups out there that really are pretty villainous. You don't have to make them up.

The Family in particular, but also other really **** conservatives come to call what is "Biblical Capitalism." The idea that capitalism is ordained in the Bible and that inasmuch as we interfere with the market, we're interfering with God's literal and visible hand.

The Family is the oldest and arguably most influential religious political organization in Washington.