I’m not doing a year-in-review this year. And it’s not because nothing interesting happened. Indeed, I’d say 2010 was a pretty full year: health care reform, Prop 8 overturned, Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, natural disasters (including devastating earthquakes in Haiti and Chile as well as the Icelandic volcano), the BP oil spill, Team Coco,…
Christmas has never been my favorite time of year. In fact, my favorite holiday is Halloween. Perhaps it’s because I grew up near the poverty line and we struggled so much to just have food on the table that Christmas was too out of reach. The luxury of gift-giving is shoved in your face everywhere…
I don’t want to sound like a broken record but when I saw this Las Vegas Sun story by J. Patrick Coolican, I just couldn’t sit on my hands. As many of us prepare to enjoy holiday fun with our loved ones, it can be easy to forget about the many families right here in…
While this is certainly not a local story, I thought it an interesting topic as Christmas approaches this week. Rev. Benedict Thomas Viviano, a renowned Gospel of Matthew professor, Dominican friar and priest, has a new biblical theory that may change nativity scenes across the globe: there was one (or more) Wise Women among the…
In the spirit of the season, I wanted to share a list of some of my favorite holiday songs. Please feel free to share yours in the comments! Happy Holidays, Everyone! Christmas Time is Here by Vince Guaraldi Trio (The Charlie Brown song) Welcome Christmas from The Whos of Whoville (The Grinch Who Stole Christmas)…
At a time of year when most of us are thinking about spending time with family and being home for the holidays, there are many in our community who will be homeless or living in shelters. In the spirit of Mindful Giving, I would like to humbly suggest that those of us who live with…
With Thanksgiving in just a couple of days, it’s time for my annual Mindful Giving List. As we gather to give thanks for the wealth or love and friendship in our lives, it’s also good to consider what we can do to help those in need. These are just some of the ways you can…
This just breaks my heart…let’s help these kids at Shade Tree have a better Christmas… The Shade Tree will host a Holiday shopping Event for the children so they may give back to their Moms for the holiday. Donations kindly requested of the following gift items: Bath/body products Jewelry Perfume Purses/Wallets Gloves, winter hats, sweaters…
Every year around this time I start collecting ideas for my annual charitable giving guide. You see, I believe that the only balance to the excess of the holiday season is to give back. Indeed, I believe in giving back all year long, but the holidays provide a special opportunity to open your heart to…
We barely caught our breath after Halloween when the sights and sounds of the consumer orgy Christmas started breathing down our necks. Hell, we barely got rid of the campaign season tumors all over our TV, mailbox and internet — now it’s Christmas? I’m so not ready! Can’t we take five? Grab a coffee? Take…
The Sin City Siren 