Slate on the Pope

Slate has at least has some different points of view on the pope, including Christopher Hitchens bringing up the child rape cover up. This is a good point given all the the fawning coverage. I even read one article about how the pope was "a great sporstman." Somehow the pope's corpse reminds me of Bram Stoker's Dracula.

Papal Power - What no one else will say about John Paul II. By Christopher Hitchens