I've been keeping track of Navajo Nation, et al. v. United States Forest Service, et al. , which George had brought to our attention in the midst of the First Amendment discussions earlier this year. To keep us updated, this matter was submitted for a petition for rehearing en banc, which was grante...

I'd definitely be up for a weekend chat. In general, Sunday would work better for me than Saturday. But I could probably do late morning/early afternoon either day next weekend.

Actually, if the goal is to choose a book that explores gender issues, I'd prefer to do something a little different than Turning on the Girls . After needing to swallow an implausible premise the size of a cinderblock, and slogging through tired gender stereotypes, I'm not really sure how much of a...

I'm sorry to report that I won't be able to make the chat scheduled for the 27th. Please trust, it can't be helped. Because I feel a definite obligation to attend, as I was the one responsible for initiating the chat, I've offered an explanation for my absence in my journal, if you're interested in ...

I really don't know how to write this message, because I wouldn't normally share something like this on an online forum. But I feel like I need to explain my inability to attend the chat on the 27th, as I was the one responsible for initiating and scheduling it. And rather than just telling you that...

...one of the golden rules was that you never, ever discussed characters from literature as if they were actual human beings... I don't really remember there being any hard and fast rules in my literature classes. Outside of the instructors expecting me to be able to support, directly from the text...

I dunno, in this context I guess the benchmarks could be Dicken's "A Christmas Carol" and the most recent Target Holiday t.v. jingle I endured for the 95th time since Halloween. Well then what about "Here We Come A-Wassailing," or "O Tannenbaum," or "The Twelve Da...

No problem Constance, glad to hear you intend to join us. So it sounds that, of those that are interested, the 27th is good. As I had suggested earlier, I want to try for something a little earlier than 9PM EST to give our couple European members a better chance of participating. So, if you plan on ...

Hey Tony. I like your forum name. I also like the play on what I assume is your full name...anthony

This is true, at least for the more modern, as you called them secular-esque ones. How are we defining "more modern"? Lent, Good Friday and Easter are traditionally far more important than Christmas... Well, I would say Lent, Good Friday, Easter, the Ascension and Pentecost but yes I know...