Back in December 2002, I wrote an article called, "The End of the Year Thing," that I published in a paper I called, "The Paper Pulpit." I reproduce it here, with very few changes. ----------------------------------------------------

We are hearing reports of a Christmas shopper pepper spraying other Christmas shoppers. A grandfather was knocked down by security after there were shouts of, "he's shoplifting." All he was doing was putting a computer game in his shirt 'cause he was being pawed at, and he was also trying to help his grandson who was being trampled by the crowd, according to reports.

Alisyn Camerota, on Fox and Friends asked, "What can be done?" CNN's Don Lemon asked, "Who's to blame."

There are many theories of who's to blame for the Black Friday Mayhem."...