Religion

The governments of both Somalia and Brunei have prohibited public festivities celebrating Christmas saying that they could damage the Muslim faith. Of course, as we saw yesterday, this kind of suppressive, micro-aggression is already here in America (at Cornell University) but while Mistletoe and crosses are banned here, Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah has banned "hats or clothes that resemble Santa Claus," fearing they could "provoke al-Shabab to carry out attacks."

Presented with little comment...

Statement by the President on Persecuted Christians at Christmas

 

We have grown accustomed to commercialization. Christmas sales are the backbone of many businesses. Gift giving causes us to remember others and to take time from our harried lives to give them thought. The decorations and gifts of Christmas are one of our connections to a Christian culture that has held Western civilization together for 2,000 years.

Christmas Column, 2015

Dear Donors, thank you for your support in 2015. Although you have kept me working yet another year, I find it encouraging that there are some Americans who can think independently and who want to know. As Margaret Mead said, it only takes a few determined people to change the world. Perhaps some of you will be those people.

Just a short word on America's favorite pastime, shopping at the mall. And this being Christmas that all American creation the mega mall is filled with Christmas shopping madness. Is this what Christmas giving is all about?