A re-run from last year at this time: Today is. . . the ancient feast celebrating The Circumcision and Name of Jesus. The week after Christmas, the Christchild was circumcised, thus taking upon Himself the fulfillment of the Law, a rite in which He was
Time Magazine calls it “the decade from hell.” The Washington Post calls it “the decade we didn't see coming.” How would you characterize the first decade of the 21st century that is now passing into history? (Note: I know that 2010 completes the first decade,
I don’t think it’s because I’m getting old that the thought of celebrating New Year’s Eve by going out to a party–much less standing outside as in being in Times Square with masses of other people–has zero appeal. I have always, even when I was
Another holiday custom we might as well play: New Year’s Resolutions. A story in the Philadelphia Inquirer recounts some good ones: "I'm swearing off e-mail on the weekends," said Matt Kinservik. "And absolutely no work on Sundays." . . . [Mara] Gorman, a freelance writer,
My son and I went into D.C. yesterday. I can tell you that the brand new Capitol Visitors’ Center makes touring the Capitol much easier. No longer do you need to go through your Congressman or Senator for a good tour, or stand outside by
Here are the top news stories of 2009 according to an Associated Press poll of the nation’s newspaper editors and news directors: 1. THE ECONOMY: Despite a $787 billion federal stimulus package, much of the U.S. economy continued to sputter throughout the year. The jobless
One of my New Year’s customs is to contemplate the year gone by, month by month, with the help of Dave Barry. A sampling, but you’ll want to read the whole thing: FEBRUARY Congress passes, without reading it, and without actually finishing writing it, a
ABC reports that al Qaeda Leaders Behind Terror Plot Were Released by U.S.: Two of the four leaders allegedly behind the al Qaeda plot to blow up a Northwest Airlines passenger jet over Detroit were released by the U.S. from the Guantanamo prison in November,
It seems that Al Qaeda’s base of operations is now Yemen, not Afghanistan. That country on the Arabian peninsula is where the Nigerian bomber got his training and where new threats are coming from. President Obama has said that our quarrel is not with Islamic
One way I celebrate the New Year is to look back upon the year that has just gone by. I do that by looking at the various “year in review” features, as well as by contemplating the year gone by in my own life. This
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