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Joseph L. Galloway | It’s Hard to Get Into the Holiday Spirit
It's traditional to count our blessings at this time of year, but given the general state of affairs and Washington's whole lot of talk and no action, it's hard …

Thanksgiving Day: Pilgrims Were a Surprisingly Worldly, Tolerant Lot
Leiden, The Netherlands The first Pilgrims of the first American Thanksgiving in 1621 were unusually devout – even by Puritan standards. They crossed the ocean on a conviction …

Obama Has a Hard Sell on Afghanistan Troop Increase
Will a commitment to “finish the job” end up ringing just as hollow as "mission accomplished? Boston - When President Obama announced Tuesday night that he will “finish …

A Jane Goodall Thanksgiving
Give thanks. Because this isn't one of those Thanksgiving lists of things for which we should be grateful - although health, family, friends, laughter etc. would certainly all be …

Tax Credit Gives Temporary Boost to Home Sales, Prices
There continues to be enormous excess supply in the housing market; the overall vacancy rate is at an all-time high. Existing home sales jumped 10.1 percent in October, …

A Year After Mumbai
On November 26, 2009, India marks the anniversary of a nightmare. Around 9.30 p.m. this day last year began the terrorist strike in Mumbai (formerly Bombay), a tragedy watched …

Jim Hightower | Giving Thanks for America’s Good Food Movement
What better day than Thanksgiving to celebrate our country's food rebels!

Unhappy Thanksgiving
The calendar has come around again to Thanksgiving, and families all over the country will be gathering around dinner tables to celebrate. Or try to, anyway. With unemployment above …

At Climate Talks, US to Offer 17 Percent Emissions Cut by 2020
The Obama administration announced Wednesday that the president will attend, briefly, global climate talks set for next month in Copenhagen. The White House also unveiled the greenhouse-gas targets it …

UN Recruits Men to Help End Violence Against Women
United Nations - Marking the 10th anniversary of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on Nov. 25, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon launched a Network of …