Showing posts with label Thanksgiving. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thanksgiving. Show all posts
Monday, December 10, 2018

Guest Post: How to survive annoying relatives this holiday season

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Jamie Gruman , University of Guelph Social allergies are a lot like seasonal allergies. They’re annoying, exhausting and hard to avoid. Th...
Friday, November 23, 2018

Guest Post: Why the Pilgrims were actually able to survive

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Peter C. Mancall , University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Sometime in the autumn of 1621, a g...
Thursday, November 22, 2018

Guest Post: Sweet potatoes, Donald Trump – and the Special Relationship

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Rebecca Earle , University of Warwick Two days after the US presidential election, The Independent reported that “Donald Trump has spoke...
Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Guest Post: The Lesser Known History of Thanksgiving in America

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For a time, peace and plenty resulted not in a grateful America but in a complacent one. by James R. Harrigan On October 3, 1789, Georg...
Monday, November 19, 2018

Guest Post: How Communism Almost Ruined The First Thanksgiving

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The Plymouth Pilgrims progressed from the false dream of communism to the sound realism of capitalism. by Richard M. Ebeling This time o...
Thursday, November 23, 2017

Guest Post: Why Black Friday leads shoppers to behave badly

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Jaeha Lee , North Dakota State University The manic nature of Black Friday has at times led shoppers to engage in fistfights and other mi...

Guest Post: Turkey doesn't make you sleepy – but it may incite more trust

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Kevin Bennett , Pennsylvania State University ‘Tis the season for giblets, wattles and snoods – oh my. On Thanksgiving and Christmas, Amer...
Tuesday, November 21, 2017

From the Archives: Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell issues annual Thanksgiving proclamation

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Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell issues annual Thanksgiving proclamation November 21, 2011 11:41 PM MST On Wednesday morning in Richmond, ...
Monday, November 20, 2017

Guest Post: What the first Thanksgiving dinner actually looked like

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Julie Lesnik , Wayne State University Most Americans probably don’t realize that we have a very limited understanding of the first Thanksg...