In his book Mere Christianity, C. S. Lewis wrote of Jesus: "Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse.".

In his book Mere Christianity, C. S. Lewis wrote of Jesus: "Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse." The answer, it turns out, is the last--that is, if we are to believe Hugo Chavez, who pronounced Jesus Christ "the greatest socialist in history." (It was presumably in the name of Christianity, then, that Chavez recently announced plans to nationalize Venezuela's electrical and telecommunications industries. And perhaps he has discovered a Biblical warrant for shutting down opposition TV stations and seeking to rescind presidential term limits?) It is unclear exactly why Jesus should be considered a socialist; but, then again, it would be easier to fit Hugo Chavez through the eye of a needle than to make sense of his flabby reasoning and over-inflated rhetoric. What is clear enough is that the appetite for power of El Jefe Gigante remains unsatisfied, and that he longs to swallow up the Church along with Venezuela's prosperity and democracy. Here's hoping he chokes.