Thanksgiving

Political Cease Fire Is the Perfect Thanksgiving Recipe

Perhaps it's better to pass the gravy than to pass political insults this holiday.

Video: Ignore the Thanksgiving Elephant

There are ways you can disagree with the people you love. (Lady Gaga "Telephone" Parody.)

With Gratitude and Thanksgiving

"Enter His gates with thanksgiving..."

Many Reasons to Give Thanks

Despite the current political rancor, Americans have so much for which to be thankful.

Video: The Origin of Thanksgiving

As a religious people, Americans have always had a keen sense they have been blessed by Providence.

Video: What's the Truth About the First Thanksgiving?

The Pilgrims understood that people of every culture and era can gain more from gratitude than from guilt.

With Gratitude and Thanksgiving

Let's pause, step back and reflect upon how blessed we really are — blessed far beyond any measure of what we deserve.

Video: Giving Thanks for Private Property

The Pilgrims nearly starved thanks to collectivism. Fortunately, they soon changed.

With a Full Measure of Gratitude

How to Talk to Your Liberal Relatives at Thanksgiving

An open letter to my liberal cousin.

Restoring a Sense of Gratitude

Many Americans still believe in this nation's enduring principles. It's easy, alas, for our gratitude to become perfunctory — more something we say than something we feel. But take it from someone who has traveled to many countries: A look at what some people around the globe endure can make your appreciation genuine.

Things I'm Grateful For

"Who is happy?" asks a sage in the great Jewish wisdom compendium "Sayings of the Fathers." Answer: "He who is contented with his lot." And how, this Thanksgiving Day, do you acquire contentment when you are constantly barraged with evidence that others have more beautiful possessions or are better looking, more talented, healthier, more admired, more loved, more valued? I count my blessings. Here is a partial list of what I'm thankful for on Thanksgiving 2015.

Obama Wants More Giblets, Less Guns

Hey, since you're all gathered for Thanksgiving, why not promote gun control?

1943: A Bloody Thanksgiving in the Pacific

As we celebrate Thanksgiving, take a moment to remember the many Americans who gave their last full measure 72 years ago in the attack on the Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands. Almost two years after Pearl Harbor, the assault by the 2nd Marine Division on a Japanese-held stronghold started on Nov. 20, 1943, five days before Thanksgiving. In a brutal three-day battle, over 1,000 Americans were killed, and almost 2,300 were wounded. In proportion to the forces engaged, it may have been one of the most costly battles in U.S. military history, with as many casualties suffered in three days as in the six-month campaign on Guadalcanal.

A Country to Give Thanks For

The Middle East is in total chaos. Terrorism is only getting worse. We've got big economic, immigration and racial problems we can't solve. And we're in the middle of a presidential election that looks like it'll end badly for the country -- no matter whom we elect. With all this trouble, tragedy and unhappiness around the world and at home, it's easy to forget the good things we have.

Be Thankful

Being thankful in the midst of adversity is often hard to do. Many Americans are still struggling in the wake of the Great Recession. The headlines of the past week highlight the tremendous challenges we face at home and abroad. Yet we still have much to be thankful for, and we still need God's blessing and hand of protection upon our nation. For these reasons, I pray this year's Thanksgiving truly lives up to its name — a time when we give thanks to God (not government) for the blessings we enjoy.

Giving Thanks

[Today] many Americans will gather with family and friends around a dinner table that will contain a feast that would have been the envy of many kings and princes in ages past. Despite the political, economic, and cultural challenges we face under the failed and hostile policies of the Obama administration, we are still blessed to live in the United States of America.

Grateful for What They Hate

The Paris attacks have occasioned a wide-ranging debate about what they mean and how to respond, involving Islam and its role, military strategy and, oddly enough, how Muslims in New Jersey reacted to Sept. 11 (thanks, Donald Trump). It's all very interesting and, for the most part, quite important. At bottom, though, the import of the Paris attacks is not complicated: ISIS terrorists are enemies of our civilization.

With Gratitude and Thanksgiving

Step back and reflect upon how blessed we really are.

Presidents and Thanksgiving

Responding to a request from Congress, President George Washington issued our nation's first Thanksgiving proclamation in 1789. Only in the midst of the crucible of civil war, however, did presidential proclamations of Thanksgiving become customary. Every year since 1863 our chief executives have urged Americans to recognize God's bounty and blessings on the fourth Thursday in November.