Thanksgiving reflections on gratitude and perspective
The editorial explores why people struggle to be thankful and argues gratitude should focus on relationships health food shelter and people rather than material wealth. It traces Thanksgiving origins to New England colonists and Lincoln s 1863 proclamation while warning against unthankfulness whether rich or poor and noting that gratitude improves character.
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New England
U.S
Abraham Lincoln
Campaign finance reform in Congress could buy Congress
Guest opinion argues both parties block cleaner funding rules. It notes 405 House members seeking re election and imbalanced funds with incumbents holding 177.5 million to challengers 14.8 million. PACs supply most of the incumbents money while challengers receive little. Senate costs demand massive weekly fundraising to win. The piece urges a stronger bill from the House and renewed Senate action to curb buying of Congress.
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Congress
House Democrats
House
Senate
Midweek gratitude and watchdog musings from a columnist
A midweek column reviews thanks due to two county workers and the DPS, recalling minor criticisms and the columnist’s watchdog role. The piece lists family anecdotes, medical visits, Easter injuries, wife and landlady requests, outdoor lights before Thanksgiving, and humorous jabs at Honey-dos while previewing holiday leftovers.
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John Wayne
DPS
Country Club Plaza
West Seventh
Mine Workers Union
Ottawa
Messes We Made and War We Fear
A reflective critique traces U S policy failures from Nicaragua El Salvador Panama to the Middle East and Kuwait. It argues Washington created and neglected international crises, while moral debate on just war and clean up remains. The piece laments persistent messes and the need to heed lessons from childhood.
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Robert Fulghum
Iraq
Bush
United States
Sam
Assist
CNN
Saddam Hussein
Nicaragua
Chamorro
el Salvador
Saudi Arabia
Afghanistan
Angola
U.S
Middle East
Sfir
Israel
West Bank
Assad
Syria
Kuwait
Saddam
Thanksgiving Gripes and Thanks From Ottawa Voice
A local letter celebrates Thanksgiving while critiquing economic and social issues in Ottawa and Franklin County. The writer rails at tax policy, welfare, and unemployment relief, mocks industrial growth promises, notes a building boom and skateboarding near Main Street, jokes about an educational institute nicknamed Skateboard U, and laments a lack of customers. The piece ends with the signature Mark Morrissey Ottawa RFD 2.
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Brothers
Franklin County
Joplin
State Welfare
Ottawa
New Educational Institute
Main
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Panama
McGrath
Manuel Noreiga
John McCormally
Olathe
Lawrence
Builders Square
Mark Morrisey
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