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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
Very nice, Wil: A mostly peaceful resolution to an out-of-bounds confrontation. I hope I'm as sane this weekend. Similar situation, but it's my older brothers and stepfather who can't seem to stop "Spin"ing, which leads to a technicolor regurgitation of the bile they've swallowed.
I've given up fighting the big issues -- it's easier and more productive just to take a nice long walk -- but when this so-called "War on Christmas" came up at Thanksgiving, I tried, gently, to probe exactly who is being denied the right to celebrate Christmas? And did they know what American group had succeeded in banning Christmas (the Puritans), and why? And why, exactly, did they experience such heartfelt reverence for Roman Saturnalia and Nordic winter holiday symbols?
But something ugly happened...so I took a nice long walk. The sun was shining.
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
Once seen as a lunatic fringe, reactionary anti-women groups are courting respectability
Salon headlines in your mailbox
