Table For One, Please. A Solo Thanksgiving
This is America, where Thanksgiving is portrayed in popular culture as a time for gatherings of loving families and friends, …
Ingredients For A Homestyle Thanksgiving, 200 Miles Above The Earth
For Thanksgiving, NASA’s space food experts always try to make sure astronauts get to enjoy traditional holiday fare, even if …
Before The Showdown: The Long Road To The Fiscal Cliff
New Year’s Day typically inspires hope and new beginnings. But this next one may be cause for trepidation. Tax cuts …
On Thanksgiving, Stores Serve Up A Side Of Shopping
Gray Thursday may become the new Black Friday. Many big retailers have moved up the beginning of their shopping season, …
Susan Rice Says Benghazi Claims Were Based On Information From Intelligence
Susan Rice, the U.S. envoy to the U.N., says her comments in the immediate aftermath of the attack in September …
Through Meditation, Veterans Relearn Compassion
Marine Esteban Brojas is rocking back and forth in his chair in a rehabilitation center for veterans in Menlo Park, …
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.’s Bad End Is Just The Latest For A Snake-Bit District
Talk about your snake-bitten congressional districts. The Thanksgiving-eve news that Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. was resigning from Congress after reports …
Why Have There Been So Many Contested Elections?
After two weeks of dispute with St. Lucie County elections officials, Florida Rep. Allen West conceded the race for Florida’s …
It’s All Politics, November 20, 2012
The election may be over, but the bickering continues, and not just between NPR’s Ron Elving and Ken Rudin. As …
How Did Thanksgiving End Up On Thursday?
Move Thanksgiving to Friday? That’s what F.B. Haviland asked President Hoover in 1929. Didn’t happen. But while we’re on the …
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