Dear Santa...

With three weeks until Christmas, here’s my list for Santa: 1. Peace on Earth, goodwill toward men (you know, and women, too). 2. A 10 percent raise in worldwide IQ. 3. A 20 percent raise in Pittsburgh-wide IQ. 4. A benefit concert performed by Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Julian Lennon, and Dhani Harrison. 5. Alex Trebek’s (now Ken Jennings') job on Jeopardy! (And a tennis ball gun to fire at contestants who give bonehead responses!) 6. A copy of William Shakespeare’s First Folio. 7. An official Red Ryder, carbine action, 200-shot, range model air rifle, with a compass in the stock and this thing which tells time.

“On a positive note, a separate study found that prejudice against transgender individuals, and be resolved in most  with a simple 10-minute conversation with a transgendered individual.

Could the answer really be that simple? Prejudice can be destroyed by 10 minutes of interaction with the perceived “other”? The science seems to back this obvious answer!”