A dear friend's wedding has been (and will) occupy much of the day (and night) . . . but here's a reminder that our deployed troops need phone cards so that they can "phone home" this Christmas and Hannukah. If you want to help, there are so many ways: Soldier's Angels ("may no soldier go unloved"), Any Soldier and so many, many more. Please consider making it part of your Christmas season!

And speaking of the Christmas season, we should note that there are secularists who nonetheless object to its overt "secularization." Gifted journalist Jill Stewart is one of them.