The furor about hooded sweatshirts touched off by the killing of Trayvon Martin reminded me of this piece, written during the yuletide three years ago. 'Hoodies' are very much an Upstate invention ...

In his latest role as an "AI Jesus", Jesus stands, rather awkwardly, as a white man, dressed in a hooded brown-and-white robe, available 24/7 to answer any and all questions on his Twitch channel ...