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(This is the Tantrum, in which Dadwagon’s writers debate one question over the course of a week. For previous Tantrums, click here.) I just returned from a little family trip out West. It felt like a real vacation: deep snow, my kids’ grandparents, a touch of air travel mayhem (canceled flight, two-day delay getting home, nihilists [...]

As a (half) Jew, I pity poor St. Nick. These thing my colleagues are calling him–the fat pagan stealing cookies, the superstar holiday perv-lush who forces children to adore him–these are not his fault. These are our fault. Yes, I’m going to point the finger right back at Jews, along with Gentiles. The only reason [...]

LAKE WOBEGON: Dammit, if Matt can file a post with a dateline why can’t I? Aren’t I gifted enough or talented enough to merit a dateline, even if mine is from a fictional location best know for a population where “all the children are above average.” (I found that quote on a wiki site devoted [...]