March 21, 2003

The Quick (to Make a Buck) and the Dead

By MIKITA BROTTMAN

Recently, British Prime Minister Tony Blair's wife, Cherie, was the subject of a national scandal after she admitted seeking regular help from a spiritual adviser. Her confession should hardly have come as a shock -- many of the elite, among them Nancy Reagan and Princess Diana, have owned up to taking counsel from clairvoyants. And why, after all, should we hold them to a higher standard than that to which we hold ourselves? Social scientists have noted that public interest in spiritualism