Annals of the food chain, political version
A few food-related tasty items on Thanksgiving Day, Obama thought pardoning a turkey prevented a shellacking. While he claims he doesn’t think about Sarah Palin, whose daughter Bristol took third place...
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Happy Thanksgiving Day!
President Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Day proclamation Morning Bell: A Day of ‘Public Thanksgiving and Prayer’ Roger’s having champagne and port while celebrating eudaimonia. Time for apple and pecan pie!...
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1789: Washington’s Thanksgiving
The WSJ: Thanksgiving, 1789 George Washington’s proclamation was not without controversy. It was his first presidential proclamation, and it was well heeded. According to the “Papers of George...
View ArticleShearith Israel’s Thanksgiving
Meir Soloveitch writes in the WSJ about the origins of the Shearith Israel synagogue: God Delivered the Pilgrims—and My People Thanksgiving always had particular resonance for one group of religious...
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On thankfulness and apple pie
Happy Thanksgiving Day! Read my notes On thankfulness and apple pie, with recipe here. UPDATE: LInked to by the Pirate’s Cove. Thank you!
View ArticleWanting to spend one’s whole life at the kid’s table
One problem: TFW your Republican uncle can't get the facts straight. Help him out during Thanksgiving: https://t.co/1nLlClQFql pic.twitter.com/FQySdc7FDG — The Democrats (@TheDemocrats) November 25,...
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For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
View ArticleForum: What Are Your Thoughts This Thanksgiving?
At the Watchers’ Council, Every week on Monday, the Council and our invited guests weigh in at the Watcher’s Forum, short takes on a major issue of the day, the culture, or daily living. This week’s...
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Thanksgiving Proclamation Issued by President George Washington, at the request of Congress, on October 3, 1789 By the President of the United States of America, a Proclamation. Whereas it is the duty...
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