Presents For Progressives

As we know, progressive political types have no desire for material goods. If necessary for the cause, we will dress in rags. Indeed, we sometimes dress in rags when it's not necessary, just to make a point. Or because our fashion sense isn't so hot.

But this makes it difficult for friends and family at this time of the year. What should they get us for Christmas, etc.? Cleaner rags?

Fortunately, there is an entire galaxy of causes we can ask them to give money to. (If you haven't noticed, ending sentences with a proposition is something I don't have a hangup about.)

So, if your spouse, parents, children, relatives, beloved robots, etc. need help, consider pointing them to the year-end fundraising drives of Commondreams or Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. I think everyone would agree both places have done extremely important work for years, and show no signs of slowing down.

CORRECTION: Dennis Perrin, himself a former FAIRista, points out I called them Fairness and Accuracy in Media above rather than Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. (Now corrected.) How embarrassingly ironic that I got wrong the name of an organization with the word "accuracy" in it.

Next up: I refer to the National Speling Be.