Happy Thanksgiving

It's that time of the year again. The time for being grateful for what we have, for helping others, and for recognizing that not everything was hunky dory between the Native Americans and the pilgrims.

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Not only can Thanksgiving be a difficult time to navigate the morality of United States history, it can also be a difficult time to navigate family relations and political discussions. I'm lucky that my Thanksgivings have passed with little conflict and great joy but not everyone has had such a good run. I came across some links that I have found helpful. Slate provides a "guide to your Thanksgiving dinner table arguments" and  The Atlantic gives suggestions on how to deal with political discussions at the dinner table. Although, with so much strife in the U.S. this week and with so many important issues on the (figurative) table, who knows? this may be a year when you don't want to avoid political discussions.

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On the topic of avoiding difficult conversations, did you know that the first turkey pardon was done by Ronald Reagan in 1987 to avoid the question of who he might pardon from the Iran Contra scandal? NPR also lists some other interesting events in its brief political history of Thanksgiving.

I do wish everyone the happiest of holidays!!!! Here is a video to send you off: