I know everybody is doing their Christmas shopping today, but I have some links anyway if you have time. I am heading up to MA to see the family, with my sack of goodies for them.

Cal Thomas: What if the Christmas story is true?
Kimball: ’Tis the Season to Be Politically Correct.
If we cannot defend our culture, we are doomed to lose it.
Gerald goes to WalMart
Wind power? It's a scam. The rent-seekers are all over it.
Counterfeit diplomas
How Democrats gave up on religious voters
It’s official: Polar bear not an endangered species
He knows what is best for you. All about Cass Sunstein: A Czar is Born
45 people lynched amid Haiti cholera fears. Haiti's real problem is cultural.
Iran Just Shipped Missiles to Venezuela. Hello? Is This Thing On?
Buying up the entire Western world at discount prices: Fresh humiliation for eurozone as China says it will bail out debt-ridden nations
I can't wait to have some kids to teach to hunt and fish, but by then fishing poles will probably be banned. GUN CONTROL AS CHILD ABUSE
Malpractice costs and defensive medicine costs, in NY
Pajamas: American Leftists Refuse to See the Handwriting on the Wall in Europe -Our domestic lefties have been pushing for decades to turn us into the type of society that is now crumbling before our eyes in Europe.
Not All Global Warming Skeptics Are Crackpots?!?
Slate: Whose Internet Is It, Anyway?
Let's drive 'em all out of business: UAW’s King Announces 2011 Goals: Target Foreign-Owned Auto Plants. No, they'll just move their factories to Mexico.
After predicting a mild winter, the British weather service is profoundly embarrassed by the current deep freeze
Uncle Sam Will Help Buy You an Alpaca - How the government produces negative unintended consequences
News Flash: Christmas is "Evil", "Depraved" and "the Path to Hellfire", According to Ultra-Tolerant British Muslim Group
Q&O: Is access to the internet a “civil right”?
Driscoll: Global Warming Died; Women, Children, AlGore Hardest Hit
Other McCain: Class Warfare vs. Economic Facts
Neptunus on ROTC:
As for the Ivies, it appears the rest of us have decided that, when it comes to building and defending our nation, we might just have to do it without them.
Obama Administration Admits Polar Bears Are Not ‘Endangered’ But Sets Aside 187,000 Miles For Them Anyway. Very scientific.
Pilot exposes TSA baloney, gets in trouble:
"As you can see, airport security is kind of a farce. It's only smoke and mirrors so you people believe there is actually something going on here," the pilot narrates.
Video shot in the cockpit shows a medieval-looking rescue ax available on the flight deck after the pilots have gone through the metal detectors. "I would say a two-foot crash ax looks a lot more formidable than a box cutter," the pilot remarked.
We misunderestimated him: Bush's memoir sells 2m copies in a month - nearly as many as Bill Clinton's sold in six years
The Krautman says something people don't want to hear: Obama's new start
Tracked: Dec 24, 12:18