Children usually ask mall Santas for toys and games, but 4-year-old Prestyn Barnette hoped his Santa would help deliver something much more profound. His aunt,…

This is the most wonderful time of the year for those of us who toil in the vineyards of the editorial pages. Somebody always trots out Francis Pharcellus Church’s 1897 “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus” editorial in the New York Sun, and for a brief shining moment, people think, hey, maybe editorialists aren’t […]