John Nichols: These times are much too Dickensian

This is an excellent read… These are Dickensian times, when charity is rationed by politicians who callously dismiss the poor as a burden and imagine the unemployed as a lazy lot who are best forced by hunger to grab at bootstraps and pull themselves upward. Charles Dickens wrote in 1843….

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“The Big Elf” President Obama delivers a holiday message on toy gender stereotypes (VIDEO)

Two weeks ago President Barack Obama joined First Lady Michelle Obama at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington, D.C. to deliver about 1,000 toys from the President’s staff to the U.S. Marine Corps’ Toys for Tots campaign, an annual holiday toy drive. While the annual event may not seem that notable,…

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