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The forced march to Bethlehem Posted: December 23, 2004 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com Some people may interpret this column as shameless politicization of the Christmas story. I think of it as an effort to de-politicize a beautiful and important truth distorted by the prism of modernity. When I listen to certain unnamed, misguided humanist prophets use the story of Joseph, Mary and Jesus, it is often used as a segue into their phony compassion for the "homeless." You've heard them. They tell us, with a straight face, that Joseph and Mary were poor, homeless people. I've even seen...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- City officials want to eradicate 27 homeless camps, getting their occupants into shelters or out of town as Little Rock prepares for the high-profile opening of the Clinton Presidential Library.     Officials deny that the strategy has anything to do with the Nov. 18 opening, but homeless advocates fear that the city is being merciless -- perhaps at the behest of the library.     The homeless were living at the library site before construction began.     An annual satirical stage show put on by the Pulaski County Bar Association this week depicts Clinton library officials driving away helpless...

The forced march to Bethlehem -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: December 24, 2003 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com Some people may interpret this column as shameless politicization of the Christmas story. I think of it as an effort to de-politicize a beautiful and important truth distorted by the prism of modernity. When I listen to certain unnamed, misguided humanist prophets use the story of Joseph, Mary and Jesus, it is often used as a segue into their phony compassion for the "homeless." You've heard them. They tell us, with a straight face, that Joseph and Mary were poor, homeless people. I've even...