Tomorrow is Christmas Eve, and this year, more than ever – to quote the great 1934 Christmas tune “Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town” – ya better watch out.That’s because, spurred on by what various pundits call “The War on Christmas,” several people I know are celebrating what I ...
If I hear “Last Christmas” one more time, I am going to fly – or maybe even row – to England, find George Michael and beat him about the head. Unceasingly. I owe the world that much.Michael, late of the English pop group Wham!, wrote this insipid yuletide ditty in 1984, when many ...
It happens the fourth Thursday of every November: Millions of Americans gather for Thanksgiving only to wind up in a death grapple over a meaningless football game.They don’t want to; they simply can’t help themselves. It’s one of those inalienable rights that Americans always ...
When I was kid, I sat in church and, as my mother phrased it, “passed gas.” Mom chastised me under her breath in the way that all mothers since time immemorial have corrected their flatulent children: “Don’t do that in church!” To which I would respond, usually quite loudly, ...
It has been almost a year since conservative pundit Bill O’Reilly declared victory in the “War on Christmas.”According to the FOX News host, non-Christians failed miserably in their efforts to force retail workers to say “Happy Holidays!” rather than “Merry Christmas!”Not ...
Lately, I’ve been impressed by the spirit of American entrepreneurism. Its most notable example is perhaps the spate of Pope Francis memorabilia being offered for sale in the wake of the pontiff’s visit to the United States. But now an American of vision has outdone Pope-a-palooza.For only ...
