And all the hooey is under the tree, and it’s time to fill the stockings and head to bed. But I wanted to wish all of you PWers a very merry Christmas, or whatever you celebrate, if anything. God, whether you believe in Him or not, under whatever name you call Him, or not, bless you and your families, your friends, your loved ones, those you care for, and all

For Rick Roberts’ theft of his piece, which I noted here. (h/t Ken S., in the comments)

It’s on: Southern Baptist Pastor Wiley Drake bashed Saddleback Church Pastor Rick Warren this week, saying “God will punish” Warren for agreeing to give the invocation at President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration next month. “I pray He is kind to you in this punishment that is coming,” Drake wrote in a widely-released e-mail. In it, the First Southern Baptist Church of Buena Park pastor criticizes Warren’s “recent plan to invoke the

What happens when Venus and Mars are improperly aligned?

Damien Thompson at The Telegraph tells the heartwarming Christmas tale of how BBC 4 decided to invite Mr. Ahmadinejad to deliver a Christmas address. I’m kind of hoping that this will be a variety show. What kind of acts would you suppose might be most appropriate?

Reader Simon emailed this to Jeff, who passed it along to me, with reference to this post: Jeff, Your update to this post may have apologized to Sullivan too soon. Although the site provided a disclaimer that “foreign nationals are prohibited from making contributions to this campaign,” and although Sullivan is not a citizen, that isn’t the end of the story. The term “foreign national” means, for purposes of federal

Chicago Sun-Times: In addition to talking with Gov. Blagojevich about who would fill President-elect Barack Obama’s Senate seat, Obama’s newly minted chief of staff had something else on his mind: his own congressional seat. Just after accepting the top post with Obama, Rahm Emanuel discussed with Blagojevich the possibility of keeping his congressional seat “warm” for him for a couple of years, the Sun-Times has learned. Emanuel expressed interest in

No attribution. Russ from Winterset at Ace’s: Iowahawk (AKA Dave Burge) is one of the funniest men on the interwebthingy, and even though he’s a filthy Iowa Hawkeye fan, he’s still a fellow native Iowan who’s made good. Those of us in Iowa who have web access are just as proud of Mr. Burge as we are of other native Iowans who’ve made good, like John Wayne, Wyatt Earp, Herbert