Back in 1965, Charles Schultz gave us perhaps the best of all Christmas TV specials. Because it's not just about the season, it's about all that comes with it: depression, loneliness, and self-doubting, as well as family and the sweetness and holiness of the Nativity. It's sad, silly, funny, touching. It won all the bigContinue reading “Chris Rock on Christmas and Jesus: a rant”
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Why “every little bit helps” may not with climate change
Marc Gunther runs a new sustainability blog for The Guardian, and brings an acerbic intelligence to the topic — no little b.s. stories about how a tiny innovation or change will save us from a big problem. Example: plastic bags. Adam Corner for the blog writes: In 2014, England will follow the example set by WalesContinue reading “Why “every little bit helps” may not with climate change”
The Little Drummer Boy — Bob Dylan
Just when you'd given up on him, he comes back in the perfect key, with the perfect song, and sings it not just faultlessly, but with soul — Bob Dylan, backed by the Ditty Bops. For this day, via John Fugelsang
Christopher Hitchens: Why I hate Christmas
Well, at least the late, great Christopher Hitchens won't have to endure any more Christmas carols. The core objection, which I restate every December at about this time, is that for almost a whole month, the United States—a country constitutionally based on a separation between church and state—turns itself into the cultural and commercial equivalentContinue reading “Christopher Hitchens: Why I hate Christmas”
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