Monthly Archives: December 2002

An Upright Man

12/26/2002 – 9:22 pm

Seeking solace from the over-commercialization of the holiday season, I opened the Bible to refresh myself with the story of the homeless couple and the unwed mother giving birth to her child.
Instead of the traditional Christmas story in Luke, I read the book of Matthew and the character of Joseph, often cast as a hapless [...]

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For the Record

12/19/2002 – 9:20 pm

For good or ill, public life in America will henceforth not be the same. The last ten days have witnessed a remarkable exodus of newsmakers from the civic stage - Bernard Law, Henry Kissinger, Al Gore and Trent Lott. Mr. Lott, the Senate Republican leader, is not gone yet – not physically gone, [...]

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Christmas Bogus

12/12/2002 – 9:17 pm

The holiday season is here and President Bush is evidently feeling merry, because he’s distributing bundles of cash – our cash – to his political appointees. No, that’s not right. The holiday season is here and we just found out President Bush is handing out bundles of cash to his friends. In [...]

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God Bleess Amreca

12/5/2002 – 9:15 pm

As I pulled into the parking space, I noticed a traffic sign on the curb was decorated with graffiti. Someone had taken a black marking pen and scrawled “God Bleess Amreca” across the bottom of the white rectangle. I shut the engine and stared at the sign. God Bleess Amreca. Poor [...]

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