Immigration policy is a hot issue in this year’s presidential election. Are there any cold issues? Probably not, but immigration makes me think of a cool customer, Calvin Coolidge. “Silent Cal” might not get a word in edgewise on today’s debate stage, but he had a thing or two to say about immigration.
There are still many unknowns about President-elect Donald Trump’s likely course when it comes to climate change policy, but his campaign trail rhetoric has signaled that his administration may drop the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan, more aggressively develop fossil fuels and loosen environmental regulations.
We’ve all seen pictures of the sweet hospital scenes where dads hold their newborn babies for the first time. But that’s not how it happened for Cecil Stokes of Huntersville, North Carolina. His bouncing baby boy was eight-years-old the first time he got to hold him.
After an exceptionally divisive election season and the ongoing fall-out, people are in search of the comfort and nostalgia that comes with the holidays, perhaps turning to some retail therapy.
Conservatives are denouncing the incident. Some are calling for a boycott of the show, which is sold out for months to come. But wait. Lessons can be learned from any situation.
It’s true that food nourishes the body, and that’s why it’s key for a holiday like Thanksgiving – both as a reason for gratitude and good health. But there’s also such a thing as food for the soul.
As our nation segues from a rancorous election season to a day of thanksgiving, I wish to speak up for gratitude and optimism. And for a change agent exceedingly more influential than any politician who’s ever lived.
On Tuesday, the president-elect met with The New York Times, just a day after a closed-door dressing down of network executives and anchors from CNN, MSNBC, NBC, ABC and CBS News.
When Joan Rivers moved back to her native New York City in the late 1980’s, she arrived with an extravagant vision of the baroque residence she planned to create — and of the festive gatherings she would hold there.
Elections have consequences and an obvious one now is your distress. Your grief over Hillary Clinton’s defeat is understandable, but your rage over Donald Trump’s victory is not.
For most people, Thanksgiving means turkey, NFL blowouts, family gatherings, and these days, racing to the mall in the early evening to shop or just to keep one’s job.
In America today, more women vote than men. They are searching to identify with the party and the candidates that speak to them and for them, so candidates must speak to the issues that are of interest to women and are likely to influence their vote.