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Having faith in Christmas illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

The worst of us can have faith in Christmas if we start acting like it

By Everett Piper

'The Darwin Affair' (book jacket)

BOOK REVIEW: ‘The Darwin Affair’

By Philip Kopper

Today in History

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Oliver Twist toy theatre sheet, in the public domain via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a5/Redington%2C_John_-_toy_theatre_sheet_-_Oliver_Twist_-_Google_Art_Project_%28539174%29.jpg/981px-Redington%2C_John_-_toy_theatre_sheet_-_Oliver_Twist_-_Google_Art_Project_%28539174%29.jpg]

NBC television network will make a ‘sexy contemporary’ female ‘Oliver Twist’: Report

By Ken Shepherd - The Washington Times

Tiny Missouri town gambling on ‘A Christmas Carol’

By Rick Montgomery - Associated Press

The Boss should stick to concerts and recordings. His cartoonishly illustrated minibook, which concludes after a spare 420 words with no room for subplots, takes economy of expression to a new level. (John Minchillo/Invision/AP, file)

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Outlaw Pete’

By Bruce Fein

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson (3) and Washington Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins (8) talk together after the Washington Redskins lose to the Seattle Seahawks 27-17 in Monday Night Football at FedExField, Landover, Md., Monday, October 6, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

LOVERRO: A tale of Redskins quarterbacks past, present and pretend

By Thom Loverro - The Washington Times

COBLE: Best of times, worst of times for American drivers

By U.S. Rep. Howard Coble

In this 2003 photo released by the Fundación Nuevo Periodismo Iberoamericano (FNPI), Colombian Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez, left, is seen in Monterrey, Mexico. Behind is Colombian journalist Jose Salgar. Garcia Marquez died on Thursday, April 17, 2014 at his home in Mexico City. The author's magical realist novels and short stories exposed tens of millions of readers to Latin America's passion, superstition, violence and inequality. The FNPI was founded by Garcia Marquez. (AP Photo/Andres Reyes, FNPI)

Gabriel Garcia Marquez hailed as literary giant

By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO and FRANK BAJAK - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 6, 2014 file photo, Colombian Nobel Literature laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez greets fans and reporters outside his home on his 87th birthday in Mexico City. Garcia Marquez died Thursday April 17, 2014 at his home in Mexico City. The author's magical realist novels and short stories exposed tens of millions of readers to Latin America's passion, superstition, violence and inequality. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)

Nobel laureate Garcia Marquez dies at 87

By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO and FRANK BAJAK - Associated Press

Zadzooks: Thief review (PlayStation 4)

By Joseph Szadkowski - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

LAMBRO: Dickensian poverty in 2013

By Donald Lambro - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

LAMBRO: Dickensian poverty in 2013

By Donald Lambro

Girls portraying angels play on the balcony during a rehearsal of the Nativity scene of the Christ Church Christmas pageant in Alexandria on Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

EDITORIAL: A Christmas message

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

London’s Dickens Museum reopens after makeover

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Elegy for Eddie’

By Muriel Dobbin - Special to The Washington Times

‘Solitary House’ a mystery with a dose of Dickens

By DOUGLASS K. DANIEL - Associated Press

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Charles Dickens: A Life’

By Brian Murray - Special to The Washington Times