The colder weather is slowly creeping in, the hustle and bustle of the Fall is upon us, and that means that sooner or later…. the Holidays will arrive. ...

As the curtain drops on another political rodeo, soon half the country will be chanting "Hallelujah" as if the Millennium has been ushered in. Meanwhile, the other half is stocking up on canned goods, convinced that doomsday clocks are about to strike midnight....