Now this IS something new: Cal Thomas devoting almost half his column to extensively quoting Germaine Greer.  

I especially like this passage, Cal: ""We are prepared to believe lies if they affirm our deepest desire to feel good, if not about ourselves, then about a goddess statue that can be as devoid of spiritual power as the false gods created by pagan peoples."  It reminded me of somebody, a current celebrity, though famous for not for his beauty but for being a plainspoken, no-bullshit, populist champion for the common man.  You think Diana ran a great con?  You oughta pay some attention to this guy (who, by the way, is no more religious than Diana, and profoundly less humane).