in which the author discusses five books he'd read, if time permitted.

1. Lips Unsealed: A Memoir, by Belinda Carlisle.
An incomplete list of good Go-Go's songs: 1) "Vacation"; 2) "Our Lips Are Sealed"; 3) "We Got the Beat." An incomplete list of questionably titled Go-Go's songs: "Skidmarks on My Heart." An incomplete list of tepid Go-Go's [...]

There’s nothing like an enduring tradition viewed from afar to highlight the strains of mythology in organized religion. Take crèches, for example. See just one in front of your church, perhaps on a snowy night, maybe with carollers nearby, and you probably won’t feel compelled to think about what it must have been like had [...]

In which the author contemplates the former Presidential candidate's A Simple Christmas: Twelve Stories That Celebrate the True Holiday Spirit.

Just in time for Halloween comes creationist and cool dude Mike Huckabee's jolly Christmas memoir...
God, what a snarky intro. Tough to write about this because, as an agnostic (how can anybody be anything else?), I don't [...]