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Kershner: A Bah, Humbug Nation?

Have we become the Bah Humbug Nation? I’m convinced of it, having just reacquainted myself with the mean and selfish stylings of Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” (and its current stage adaptation at the Spokane Civic Theatre). Scrooge’s shriveled heart, in his pre-ghost, pre-conversion lifetime, reminded me, somehow, of a large swath of America/Jim Kershner, SR. More here.

Question: Have hard times made Americans more selfish?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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