2025 Rear -View Awards

If hindsight is 20/20, then 2025 was a year where irony is produced by algorithms and politicians think diplomacy is a TikTok trend.  To toast our survival is the annual Rear-View Awards, the only column where irony is not just a category, it is the entire piece.

How history keeps wrecking the “take Christ out of Christmas” crowd

Every December, right on schedule, someone announces with great confidence that writing “Xmas” is a sinister attempt to erase Christ. Cue the outrage, the memes, and the self-appointed guardians of seasonal orthodoxy. And every year, history calmly clears its throat, raises one eyebrow, and says: “Actually… no.”