Alternative gifts offer charitable option for holiday shoppers
The piece discusses shopping after Thanksgiving, consumer spending trends, and the rise of alternative gifts as a way to give meaningfully. It highlights how cards for charitable gifts avoid more stuff, support causes, and teach sharing, with local and national programs listed and an invitation to explore organizations online.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Africa
India
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Free Medical Clinic
Nest
Johnson County
Catherine McAuley Center
Unicef
United Way
Salvation Army
Alternativegifts.org
Heifer International
Not in Our Name and Payday Loan Dangers Highlight Letters
A reader argues to close the School of the Americas at Fort Benning and oppose tax-funded torture training in Latin America. The piece rails against payday lenders charging 400 to 1,000 percent annual rates and warns readers to break the debt cycle. It also laments Cedar Rapids and Linn County conservation debates, praises Rock Island Preserve protection, critiques a four lane highway plan, and includes a political quiz and reflections on Fallujah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bush
School of the ‘Americas
Western Hemisphere
School of the Americas
Soan.org
Cortez
David Dillon
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Johnson County
Linn County Conservation Board
Rock Island
Cedar River
Gazette
Collins Road
Tower Terrace
Shearon
Elderkin
Pilgrimage through history and today in a Thanksgiving frame
The piece traces pilgrimage from ancient origins to modern inner journeys inspired by Thanksgiving. It notes cultural shifts toward therapy and self-help, contrasts religious duties in Islam Christianity and Buddhism, and highlights sacred and punitive paths, concluding with pilgrimage as a noble human instinct deserving homage.
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Jesus Christ
God
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Saddam Hussein
C.R
Donald F. Schmidt
Starpince
Saaretoons.com
Whitehouse
Turkes
Plymouth
Mass
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Cape Cod
New World
Islam
Mecca
Saudi Arabia
Europe
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Benares
Bill Tammells
Kansas City Star
Plymouth Rock
Hasette
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