"Governor Rick Perry, whose April entreaty to his fellow Texans to pray for rain failed to alleviate the state’s devastating drought, led some 30,000 worshippers in the Response, a Christian prayer gathering at Houston’s Reliant Stadium. Though Perry and others urged attendees to fast, concession stands sold nachos and smoothies throughout the seven-hour event. A San Angelo revivalist skipped lunch but bought a hot dog around 4:00 p.m. ‘That’s the agreement I made with God earlier,’ he said."

— Weekly Review by Anthony Lydgate (Harper’s Magazine)

(Source: harpers.org)