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Heaven can’t wait, II
The staff at the NYT is antsy. Yesterday Gail Collins wanted Bush & Cheney to quit so Nancy could take over until Obama’s January inaguration. Today Thomas Friedman can’t wait, either, only that he...
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Things To Be Thankful For In A Troubled World
Jules Crittenden has a list of things to be thankful for, among them, The tide of history remains opposed to tyranny. One of the worst of the modern era, Saddam’s Baathist regime, is out of business....
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Happy Thanksgiving to all, Via Emily, WKRP in Cincinnati: Thanksgiving Turkey Bomb! @ Yahoo! Video UPDATE Cappy had it first!
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How Private Property Saved the Pilgrims Silvio posts the Thanksgiving Declaration. No Sheeples Here checks out the Prescription for Truth Eric‘s home after a lot of travel. The Anchoress is thankful on...
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Be thankful, you’ll feel better
Thanksgiving Day is just two days away, and now there’s scientific evidence that being thankful is good for you: Adults who frequently feel grateful have more energy, more optimism, more social...
View ArticleAnnals 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...
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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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