the road vs. the secret

Preceding Cormac McCarthy's appearance on Oprah today, the Rake (now blogging at Black Garterbelt) looks at the opposing visions of Oprah consciousness.

I would also guess that Oprah--or whoever in fact selects her books--detects no inconsistency in touting both The Secret, its popularity an unwitting and ghastly indictment on humanity's greed and gullibility, and The Road, where bad, cataclysmic things happen to good people, no matter how hard they clap to prove their undying belief in fairies.