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Wither Ukraine, Sudan, Gaza… And They Know It’s Christmas

Friday, December 19, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Happy Christmas from Gaza and Ukraine

As the world gathers to celebrate Christmas, war continues to devastate Ukraine, Sudan, Gaza, and countless other places we choose not to name. This year-end iPINIONS post confronts the moral dissonance of comfort amid catastrophe, and asks what it means to look away while others endure. Read my full take on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/wither-ukraine-sudan-gaza-and-they Read more.

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Filed Under: International Affairs Tagged With: Christmas, Gaza, Global Indifference, Holidays, humanitarian crisis, International Politics, iPINIONS, Moral Responsibility, Sudan, Ukraine, war

Happy Festivus

Sunday, December 22, 2024 at 6:31 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Cartoon of Festivus dinner with scene from Seinfeld Festivus episode inset.

Seinfeld’s famous Festivus Playwrights have long used jesters to spotlight the folly in prevailing thoughts and customs. And they were doing so long before William Shakespeare patented this literary device.  However, Jerry Seinfeld might be the first jester to employ this device. He did so by making “Festivus for the rest of us” the theme of… Read more.

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Filed Under: Culture Tagged With: alternative traditions, Christmas, commercialism, Festivus, holiday traditions, O'Keefe family, secular holidays, Seinfeld

Happy Christmas!  Really…?

Saturday, December 24, 2022 at 8:23 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
cartoon of Mary and Joseph being denied entry at the inn

Tell that to the Ukrainians suffering the ravages of war in Ukraine, Uyghurs living in internment camps in China, Rohingyas being ethnically cleansed in Myanmar, and Africans enduring everything from civil strife to chronic drought across the continent. Which is why the migrants waiting at the border to get into the United States might count… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Christmas, Mary and Joseph, migrants

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