Merry Christmas!

Several readers have informed me that if I do not update soon, my blog will be deleted from their favorites. Having been strongarmed, I will subordinate myself to the readers' demands. But only with this Christmas well-wishing. Merry Christmas! Hopefully everyone here is as sick as I am of Christmas songs by now, and can agree with me in saying that one of the benefits of Christmas day is the oncoming realization that Christmas songs will very soon stop taking over otherwise worthwhile radio stations. But the sermon at last night's Mass has reminded me of the meaning of the season, which is: don't forget to love your neighbor; love him so much that you will not give up your rights to him in a communal system. Love him enough to know that he should not ask you to live your life for him, nor should you ask him to live his life for you. And now for some Ayn Rand:

"It only stands to reason that where there's sacrifice, there's someone
collecting the sacrificial offerings. Where there's service, there is someone
being served. The man who speaks to you of sacrifice is speaking of slaves and masters, and intends to be the master."