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Sarah Palin's late, great planet earth

The Awl yesterday had an enormously important piece by Maud Newton, “Sarah Palin’s ‘Planet Earth’ and the End Times,” in which she (Ms. Newton) uses her own experiences with the Pentecostal and Evangelical movements to decipher Sarah Palin’s recent moves, from running for vice president, resigning the governorship, to her coming documentary series, which is likely coming to the Discovery Channel. Now, perhaps Sarah’s become (or should have become, at least) irrelevant at this stage, but she likely isn’t. If nothing else, it’s a way to see other fundamentalist/Pentecostal public figures and their motivations. When Sarah Palin...

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