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The pros and cons of full-body scanners Wrong-team allegiance
When sports bars reject customers for wearing the wrong jersey Unreasonable minds
There’s just no arguing about the Mt. Soledad cross with a true believer The battle of Yuletide Hill
Armies of the War on Christmas mount a comeback The battle of Thermopylae
Reconsidering the meaning of the P-word The recital
Surviving one of the many pitfalls of the holidays Chopsticks snobs
If forking you is wrong, I don’t want to be right Empty-seat syndrome
Support local music, or not—it’s up to you Name brands
Bad publicity is good for sales Sickopedia
Displaying an agenda in online encyclopedias

Wednesday, April 1,2009
Sordid Tales

My overdose

Hitting rock bottom isn’t so bad when Jesus cushions your fall

By Edwin Decker

Hitting rock bottom isn’t so bad when Jesus cushions your fall

Tuesday, March 3,2009
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Of brave hearts and irritable bowels

Was the firefighters’ gay-pride-parade lawsuit frivolous or fabulous?

By Edwin Decker

Totally on the fence about the firefighters' lawsuit over the gay-pride parade

Tuesday, February 17,2009
Sordid Tales

Funny with an asterisk

Open letter to alternative-weekly cartoonists

By Edwin Decker

I never realized what a bunch of crybabies those alt-weekly cartoonist types can be

Tuesday, February 3,2009
Sordid Tales

Slippery slopes

If loving donkeys and sheep and dogs is wrong, I don’t want to be right

By Edwin Decker

If loving donkeys and sheep and dogs is wrong, I don’t want to be right

Tuesday, January 20,2009
Sordid Tales

Beware the ides of January

Purchasing New Year insurance to protect yourself from a shitty 2009, should you encounter one

By Edwin Decker

Purchasing New Year insurance to protect yourself from a shitty 2009, should you encounter one

Tuesday, January 6,2009
Sordid Tales

The Jader

How to celebrate a holiday that you are not able to celebrate

By Edwin Decker

How to celebrate a holiday that you are not able to celebrate

Monday, December 22,2008
Sordid Tales

Losing Santa

What happens to kids when they stop believing in Father Christmas

By Edwin Decker

What happens to kids when they stop believing in Father Christmas

Tuesday, December 9,2008
Sordid Tales

Talking about God

Distinguishing between the way adults and kids consider religion

By Nobody

Distinguishing between the way adults and kids consider religion

Tuesday, November 25,2008
Sordid Tales

Ignoring history

What Prohibition tried to teach us about the war on drugs

By Edwin Decker

What Prohibition tried to teach us about the war on drugs

Tuesday, November 11,2008
Sordid Tales

Separate but sequel

No love for seven out of 10 black voters in California

By Edwin Decker

No love for seven out of 10 black voters in California