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It’s that time of year again. No, not Christmas. The War on Christmas. And the war on the claim that the War on Christmas even exists. President Trump invoked the alleged war yet again this week after signing an executive order giving federal employees the day off for Christmas Eve. “This is a HUGE victory in the Democrats’ pathetic WAR ON CHRISTMAS, and I want YOU to be a part of it,” Trump announced in a fundraising letter. Well, Mr. President, there actually was a real war on Christmas. It was in the 1600s, and it was waged by Christians - specifically Puritans - who hated the Dec....

by Gillian Brockell The image was powerful: two Black women, both medical professionals, on either end of a syringe Monday, as one administered to the other one of the first doses of the coronavirus vaccine available to the American public. It was powerful because it showed who is on front lines fighting the pandemic, and because many Black Americans have a justified suspicion of the medical community. Several decades ago, the government experimented on Black men without their knowledge in the Tuskegee study, and the “father of gynecology,” J. Marion Sims, performed dozens of op...

By Patrick T. Conley In the fourth century, Western civilization operated under the calendar promulgated by Julius Caesar (the Julian Calendar). The first day of the year was March 25, and December, as indicated by its name, was the 10th month. A nine-month period of human gestation from New Year’s Day (March 25) onward would culminate with a birth on Dec. 25. By the seventh century, the Roman Catholic church had designated March 25 as the Feast of the Annunciation, the day on which the Virgin Mary was told that she would conceive a son to be called Jesus. Ironically, Pope Gregory in 1582 ...

The African roots of inoculation in America: Saving lives for three centuries Gillian Brockell Replay Video The image was powerful: two Black women, both medical professionals, on either end of a syringe Monday, as one administered to the other one of the first doses of the coronavirus vaccine available to the American public. Why this New York nurse got the country’s first coronavirus shot: ‘We were scared’ It was powerful because it showed who is on front lines fighting the pandemic, and because many Black Americans have a justified suspicion of the medical communi...