The roots of the phony war on Christmas

Well, it's another year, and we've survived the War on Christmas once more. Actually, this is a war that's much older than the War on Terror: it began way back in 1920 or so, when Henry Ford published his pernicious "The International Jew." As anti-Semites have often done, he blamed the Jews for trying to kill Christmas. Since then, conservatives have added other villains too: liberals, atheists, the ACLU, the Democrats... you get the idea. Full Story »

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by Dan Kennedy - Dec. 26, 2007

I don't know whether I trust the publication, but I trust the author, Donna Halper. This is an excellent commentary on the roots of the phony "war on Christmas," which, not surprisingly, turn out to have quite a bit to do with historical anti-Semitism.

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by Louise Franco - Dec. 26, 2007

No. All the writer is doing is venting instead of presenting both sides. This type of journalism is one-sided.

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