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Sure, Thanksgiving is supposed to be about carved-in-stone traditions-Detroit Lions NFL games, drippy cranberry sauce, the day after shopping craze, the nationwide massacre of an arbitrary bird, the token acknowledgement of Pilgrim-Indian relations-but where in the bylaws for Turkey Day does it demand that pop culture dissolve into templates...
...venture out, we must wear gloves. Thanksgiving, with its bleak, drizzly gemutlichkeit and warm, unventilated smells of cooking, makes us as sleepy as bears and accommodates us to the idea of winter quarters in the cave. That's why the Chicago Bears always play the Detroit Lions on Thanksgiving afternoon on a flickering TV set somewhere off on the margins of the cooking...
...Americans the truth about global warming and what they'll have to do if they want to leave behind a comfortable planet for their grandchildren's grandchildren. Instead, the Clinton administration has prattled on sunnily about business-driven solutions in which everybody gets to maintain their current lifestyles, while Detroit miraculously comes up with all manner of energy-efficient electronic engines to power their SUVs. This is not for a moment to underestimate the importance of such innovations, but simply to suggest that they're only going to scratch the surface of the problem...
After speaking about his influences, Fuentes read a passage from his most recent book, The Years with Laura Diaz, which describes Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo and Laura Diaz's trip to Detroit where Rivera was painting the Ford automobile mural...
...Hayes defeated Samuel Tilden despite Tilden's slight majority of popular votes. Ultimately, the choice of Hayes as President was made by a committee vote along strict party lines; nevertheless, Hayes' election stands as a second example of the antidemocratic potential of the Electoral College. CROSS G. MOORADIAN Detroit...