Sometimes there’s a fine line between subversive and subgenius. Case in point: the ultrasatirical cult of J. R. “Bob” Dobbs. Billed as “the weirdest supercult of them all” and the “only ‘faith’ that promises action, thrills [and] success in sex and business,” the Church of the Subgenius is possibly the best loved of American cults. It’s now offering an initiation value-package for the generally disaffected that includes a four-issue subscription to the Stark Fists newsletter, a “doktorate” in fo...more