Tag: puritans
Thanksgiving hymns are a few centuries old, tops – but biblical...
David W. Stowe, Michigan State University
Thanksgiving doesn’t ring in the ear for months on end, unlike another holiday...
How medieval Catholic traditions of thanksgiving prayers and feasting shaped the...
Joanne M. Pierce, College of the Holy Cross
President Abraham Lincoln instituted the celebration of Thanksgiving as a national...
Most witches are women, because witch hunts were all about persecuting...
Bridget Marshall, University of Massachusetts Lowell
“Witch hunt” – it’s a refrain used to deride everything from impeachment inquiries and sexual assault investigations to allegations...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
