[MizSterious]

Oh, really? When was the last time you saw a column in the NY Times decrying the dismanteling of Christmas? How about on one of the networks--even Fox? I'm not an O'Reilly fan, and usually change the channel before he comes on--but give the guy some credit: he called this one right. As some have suggested, he could be the proverbial broken clock.

[Huck]

I'm sorry. But defending Christmas just isn't a big deal to me. You don't get any special credit for coming down against the ACLU, for crying out loud. No offense to you. I'm glad you appreciate it.

[tuesday afternoon]

I watch(ed) O'Reilly quite a bit and he has done numerous shows about the assault on Christmas. Plus he comes down on the ACLU quite a bit. Plus he seems to have nearly eliminated the purely salacious material he was quite fond of prior to the Iraqi war and the election (on air he told Naomi Wolf he did those bits for the ratings. Apparently he's found he can get the numbers without that stuff). I only half listened last night as he talked to John Meachem about his Newsweek "Jesus's birth" cover story. Meachem, professing to be a deeply-feeling Episcopalian, went on and on about faith and reason. It wasn't until this afternoon I learned the article basically quotes the Jesus Seminar: The War Against Christmas. I'm not sure if that was a failure of my listening skills or O'Reilly's interviewing skills.

Happy Chanuka!