Holiday Commentary

A Christmas Lilly

Sherman Yellen | Posted 11.17.2011

Sherman Yellen

My mother knew that her sister Ida would be shocked, more likely horrified by the Christmas tree. It would be another sign of Lilly, "the American one," drifting away from the customs of their forefathers.

Is It True Every Time You Hear an Accordion an Angel Gets Kicked in the Nuts?

Steven Weber | Posted 05.25.2011

Steven Weber

Christmas is the Dick Cheney of holidays -- it purports to be there for noble purposes but blatantly demonstrates wholly unholy ones.