The militias and other related groups, such as the neo-Nazis, and the Klans, seem a jumble of beliefs, but the basic structure is that of the Religious Right and its conspiratorial view of the world. There is a distrust of government and the danger of violent racism and anti-Semitism.
THE BOMBING of the federal building in Oklahoma City opened a window on the previously invisible subculture of militias, survivalists and conspiracy theorists. This radical right-wing subculture has existed for ...