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...

Guest Post: How advertising shaped Thanksgiving as we know it

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Samantha N. N. Cross , Iowa State University I have always been intrigued by Thanksgiving – the traditions, the meal, the idea of a holida...
Wednesday, November 21, 2018

From the Archives: African scholars bemoan Nobel Peace Prize winner Barack Obama’s foreign policy

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African scholars bemoan Nobel Peace Prize winner Barack Obama’s foreign policy November 21, 2011 2:16 PM MST Although the annual meeting ...

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...
Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Guest Post: Maine congressional election an important test of ranked-choice voting

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Steven Mulroy , University of Memphis In Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, an innovative vote-counting system has had its trial run in ...
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...
Sunday, November 18, 2018

From the Archives: Filmmaker Stanley Nelson on ‘Freedom Riders,’ the news media, and civil rights

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Filmmaker Stanley Nelson on ‘Freedom Riders,’ the news media, and civil rights November 18, 2010 1:11 PM MST "What the civil rights ...