There's something to be said for a U.S. holiday meant to acknowledge the sacrifices of soldiers that is usually spent getting bargains at department stores. Oh wait, that's what we do with every holiday, isn't it ( Read more... )

Just think... there's some lucky people in the U.S. who opened up their mailbox in December and found a Happy Jesus Day card with this photo on it:


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That "privilege" meme that was going around recently seemed to make you feel either guilty, or pissed off. Want some more of that? Pop in your U.S. zip code on zipskinny.com and you can see a bunch of U.S. Census data about the people who live around you, organized in easy-to-read format.

In my zip code here in San Diego: 23% of us have never been ( Read more... )