Elisabetta Povoledo,"Michelangelo for Readers With Deep Pockets," NYT, 31 May, previews a book for people with more money than love of either Michelangelo or of books. Nonetheless, the photographs and website links are interesting.

Matt Taibbi,"Jesus Made Me Puke," Rolling Stone, 1 May, reports on Taibbi's experience at John Hagee's Cornerstone megachurch in the Texas hill country. It should be read in conjunction with Matthew Sutton's"McCain's Ministers of Doom," HNN, 2 June. Hat tip.