Category Archives: Culture

Jew York Times – Pt. 82,912

It’s Christmas, so it’s time for a NYT op-ed on the Christian perspective of Christmas, right? Wrong. It’s time for yet another op-ed conveying Jewish alienation from the gentile holiday of Christmas. In “It’s the Most Unknowable Time of the … Continue reading

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The Curious Oddity

Currently, the most-read story on The Guardian’s online site (a UK newspaper) is “The Brits have it right: forget Happy Holidays, just wish people Merry Christmas”. The Brits find our hand-wringing reluctance to say ‘Merry Christmas’ a curious oddity. “Americans … Continue reading

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Merry Christmas!

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It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)

I’ve seen the film probably ten times, and each time I am continually knocked out by the film’s emotional depth and articulation of the timeless spirit of Christmas. But, it’s got some problems — it’s offensive in its overt Christianity … Continue reading

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War on Christmas: Pt. 349,114

I just saw a JC Penney ad on TV, with Blake Shelton singing “Silent Night”. While I’ve yet to see any commentary on it, the producers of the ad have Blake skip (or otherwise delete out of the performance) a … Continue reading

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War on Christmas: Pt. 349,113

What a shock. Google (owned by Larry Page & Sergey Brin) has a non-denominational graphic for Christmas, one of the holiest days of the Christian calendar. Here’s an LA Times story on it. Today’s Google Doodle kicks off Christmas Eve … Continue reading

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Irrefutable Proof That Santa is Odin

A 10-cell cartoon, the first of which is:

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T.S. Eliot: The Cultivation of Christmas Trees (1956)

Casey Cep reflects on one of Eliot’s last published poems: I think of Eliot’s Christmas trees every year around this time: when firs, pines, and spruces appear in living rooms, storefronts, and town squares around the country. Eliot wrote the … Continue reading

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Dark Enlightenment Made Simple

Anarcho Papist has a pithy list of tenets held by ‘neoreactionism’ (aka Dark Enlightenment / Race Realist types). While I don’t necessarily endorse each and every item, it’s a great starting point for debate. Libertarians who have given up on … Continue reading

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Residents of Poorer Nations Find Greater Meaning in Life

Science Daily reports on findings published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science: Dec. 18, 2013 — While residents of wealthy nations tend to have greater life satisfaction, new research shows that those living in poorer … Continue reading

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