a christmas carol

No Humbug Here

Michael Dirda / Truthdig Dec 27, 2013 This year, try reading instead of watching “A Christmas Carol,” and pay attention to its apolitical, even reactionary views on social change There’s more to this Dickens classic than Alastair Sims and the Muppets. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Ghost of the Cliff

David Fitzsimmons, Cagle Cartoons, The Arizona Star Dec 17, 2012 Dig deeper

Not My Ebenezer

David Fitzsimmons, Cagle Cartoons, The Arizona Star Dec 5, 2012 Dig deeper

Christopher Hitchens on Forced Merriment

Staff / Truthdig Dec 25, 2011 With the sensibility of an iconoclastic elf eyeing a parade of indiscriminate merrymaking unfurling all around him, Christopher Hitchens holds forth on the absurdities of the Christmas season in one of the first of his posthumously published essays Christopher Hitchens holds forth on the <a href="http://online . Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Ghost of Christmas Rich

Mike Luckovich / Truthdig Dec 10, 2010 Dig deeper