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Opinion: Will Dur$t'$ 2010 Xma$ Wi$h Li$t

Wishing you all a Very Happy Merry. And no, I'm not falling into that trap. You go out and dance to the beat of whichever winter festival you want to celebrate. Christmas. Hanukah, Kwanza, Saturnalia, Solstice, noon Tuesday, 420, a December date equal to the square root of the number 625. Whatever. And good on ya. As we...

Opinion: The Top 10 News Absurdities of 2010

(Dec. 10) -- Please be advised: the Top Ten Comedic News Stories of 2010 are not to be confused with the Top Ten Legitimate News Stories of 2010. They are as different as lasagna and asphalt. Earwax and linoleum. A lunch wagon sink trap and nuclear lab clean rooms. Toe shoes and track cleats. Christian Science ministers...

Opinion: Don't Tase My Junk, Bro

(Nov. 26) -- One thing you can say about this whole TSA enhanced pat down mess: nobody will ever board Virgin Airlines again without ruefully grimacing. Folks are flipping out like wolverines bouncing off of submarine trampolines over new regulations requiring a prospective flier to submit to having his or her naughty bits...

I'm Thankful for ... A'isha, the Jewel of Medina

(Nov. 26) -- The young woman had just moved to the United States from Saudi Arabia when someone gave her a copy of "The Jewel of Medina," my first novel about the Prophet Muhammad's amazing wife A'isha. Reading it, she said, changed her life. For the first time, she saw a place for herself within her Muslim religion -- a...

I'm Thankful for ... Being Home Together

(Nov. 25) -- As kids growing up in the 1970s, we all had our jobs to contribute to the Thanksgiving meal. My sister microwaved the jar of Cheez Whiz to drizzle on top of the broccoli. One brother poured the milk to the brim in all of the wine glasses except those belonging to my parents. The other brother had the job of...