Here’s Perry Como, my favorite old-time singer, singing O Holy Night, my all-time favorite Christmas song.  Merry Christmas everyone and a very Happy New Year!

It’s not just conservatives sensing an elite war on the the words “Christmas” and “Christian.” As part of a panel discussion on local Washington D.C. program Inside Washington, NPR’s liberal Nina Totenberg apologized for using the apparently-controversial phrase “Christmas party” while recounting a discussion she had with a government officials about the budget. One can…

Following up on yesterday’s blog reporting on the verbal exchanges involving Bill O’Reilly, Stephen Colbert and Bernie Goldberg involving the question of whether Jesus would side with liberals or conservatives on questions involving taxes and government spending, here are some of my thoughts and comments. 1. The debate actually began when U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott…

It started when U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) said on a cable news program  “This is Christmas time. We talk about good Samaritans, the poor, the little baby Jesus in the cradle and all this stuff. And then we say to the unemployed we won’t give you a check to feed your family. That’s simply…

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