War on Christmas
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The Nightmare That Was Christmas (Death Never Dies)
Posted by Greg Laden on December 22, 2012 
I remember it as clearly as if it was yesterday, even though it happened years ago, even before you were born. I screamed silently, pinned on my back by the massive weight of a cotton blanket, legs frozen, the dark lights flickering as the human-like form approached, its arms raised in front like The Mummy…
The Salvation Army, GLBT Rights, Harry Potter, and Your Spare Change
Posted by Greg Laden on November 17, 2012 And a little bit of separation of church and state to go along with this. Next time you go to the grocery store or some other place which has the Salvation Army out front with its bell and its bucket, there are two, not one, but two things you should do. The first thing you…
Tradition!!!!
Posted by Greg Laden on November 18, 2011 Tradition. Not just a song from Fiddler on the Roof. You know the refrain: “The Papa, the Papa! Tradition.” It’s a great play but it is firmly rooted in the patriarchy, as “tradition” often is. There are many ways to define “tradition” and we can look it up somewhere and have a flameware over dictionary…
Today’s Bible Lesson…
Posted by Greg Laden on December 26, 2010 … will focus on Christmas.
Bringing the War on Christmas Into your Very Living Room
Posted by Greg Laden on December 7, 2010 I did a little (very little, very short) newsroom debate on Fox 9 with a guy named Tom who appears to represent conservative Christians regarding the question of “Does Christmas have place in schools?” I quickly add that even though that was the planned focus of the discussion, it was quickly revised to be “Oh,…
Pearl Harbor and the War on Christmas
Posted by Greg Laden on December 7, 2010 Yes, there is a connection …
Rape, Deer Hunting and the War on Christmas
Posted by Greg Laden on December 6, 2010 Is this thing on? Hello? Hello? …. Ah, thats better. Comcast, which every day seems to do something to piss me off, had a major sub-regional outage for the last several hours, it would seem. So, we’ve been floating free of the Internet and a few things have accumulated. First, this: Remember the rape charges…
Christmas is Hell
Posted by Greg Laden on December 21, 2009 People are very on edge today. More short and ill tempered than usual. I was walking along in Target and had that sense of tension and angst all around me, the feeling that everyone in the store would be happier if everyone else in the store was not there. As I was walking along I…
“Black Prison” interrogation video leaked
Posted by Greg Laden on December 17, 2009 This is just un-believ-able
Let the War on Christmas Begin. Atheist style.
Posted by Greg Laden on November 22, 2009 This week is Thanksgiving in the United States. This means that over the coming weekend many Americans will be putting up Christmas decorations in and outside their houses. Many children will be putting finishing touches on their letters to Santa. The shopping malls will start to fill and while economists examine and measure the retail…