Martha Hanging with the Christian Left

Carol Gilbert, a 57-year-old Roman Catholic nun serving time at the Federal Corrections Camp in Alderson, W.Va. with Martha Stewart, says she enjoys eating lunch with ‘ol Martha--although the setting could be better.

"We're not talking about a tea party," Gilbert's attorney, Sue Tyburski, told the Rocky Mountain News for a story in Saturday's editions. "We're talking about a big cafeteria setting with the terrible food."

Gilbert is serving 33 months on convictions of obstructing the national defense and damaging government property for her role in an anti-war protest at a missile silo in 2002.

Tyburski said her client she hopes the famous homemaker will write about women who have received lengthy sentences under draconian federal mandatory drug-sentencing laws.

We’re hoping a little bit of the peace activist spirit will rub off on Martha, too. Imagine the possibilities . . .

Stewart was convicted on obstruction of justice in May because apparently only men are allowed to take part in blatant insider trading. She began serving her five-month sentence at the women's federal prison Oct. 8.