My nephew will be 6 months and 2 days old on Christmas Day. It is his first Christmas and naturally I am a doting uncle intent on spoiling him terribly. But I also intend to see that he is educated, cultured, physically fit, and a lover of the arts, literature and the sciences. A real Renaissance Man.

I have purchased his first three presents, (seen above) Leonardo, Dickens and Mozart dolls.

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Uh Oh.

Gingrich raises alarm at event honoring those who stand up for freedom of speech
By RILEY YATES
Manchester, N.H. Union Leader Staff
14 hours, 40 minutes ago

MANCHESTER - Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich yesterday said the country will be forced to reexamine freedom of speech to meet the threat of terrorism.

Huh wha? To sum up: At an event honoring people who have stood up for free speech Newt warns the audience that Free Speech may need to be curtailed.

Full story here.

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The follow-up to yesterday's story shows that the increasing tendency toward American intolerance, lack of common sense, decency and a spirit of kindred brother hood is losing ground on both the right and the left.

Yesterday we had a community harassingg a woman over a Christmas "Peace Wreath" during the "Season of Peace" that Celebrates the "Prince of Peace."

Today we have pressure on a Christmas Festival to drop a film loop, about...the birth of Christ...you know...Christmas.

By DON BABWIN, Associated Press Writer
November 28, 2006 1 hour, 34 minutes ago

CHICAGO - A public Christmas festival is no place for the Christmas story, the city says. Officials have asked organizers of a downtown Christmas festival, the German Christkindlmarket, to reconsider using a movie studio as a sponsor because it is worried ads for its film "The Nativity Story" might offend non-Christians.

New Line Cinema, which said it was dropped, had planned to play a loop of the new film on televisions at the event. The decision had both the studio and a prominent Christian group shaking their heads.

"The last time I checked, the first six letters of Christmas still spell out Christ," said Paul Braoudakis. Full story here