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While bland Keillor goes bonkers,
others go home for Yeshua’s b’day

The muse of Minnesota, Garrison Keillor, is generally thought of as an impeccably liberal figure.
He was raised as a member of the Plymouth Brethren, a notoriously rigorous Christian sect; but as an adult he became an Episcopalian by choice, indicating a much less stern attitude to matters of faith than that practised by his parents.

Yet, in the week of good will to all men, Keillor suddenly demonstrated a flash of that old-time religious fervour – even fury. In his regular column for the Baltimore Sun he launched into an attack on two groups which he claimed were attempting to destroy the true spirit of Christmas: Unitarians and (whoever would have guessed it?) the Jews.
Dominic Lawson | Independent/UK

Lawson has some critics of his own. He's been accused of -- and denied -- being a spy for MI6, UK's secret intelligence service.

Elsewhere:

After 76 years of panning books Kirkus Reviews has given up the ghost. Too bad.

Kirkus … was notoriously harsh. Whereas Publishers Weekly often seems like a booster for the trade, and Booklist, another book industry magazine, usually manages to find something nice to say about even the most mediocre prose, Kirkus took no prisoners. On Dave Eggers' bestselling and much-revered memoir, "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius," Kirkus proclaimed: "It isn't."
Meghan Daum | LA Times

All that’s left are the Amazon-caliber amateurs.

Hidden youthfulness may be sleeping in your body, some scientists now claim. Of course, other scientists also think vegetables may have minds.