Tag: Thanksgiving
Singles Day shows China’s global retail power
Venkatesh Shankar, Texas A&M University
Nov. 11, or 11/11, has been celebrated as Singles Day – a sort of anti-Valentine’s Day for single people...
Feeling guilty about drinking? Well, ask the saints
Michael Foley, Baylor University
Each year the holidays bring with them an increase in both the consumption of alcohol and concern about drinking’s harmful effects....
The strange story of turkey tails speaks volumes about our globalized...
Michael Carolan, Colorado State University
Intensive livestock farming is a huge global industry that serves up millions of tons of beef, pork and poultry every...
You should talk about politics this Thanksgiving – here’s why, and...
Stacy Branham, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
After one of the most divisive presidential elections in American history, many of us may be anxious about...
Cyber Monday gives a big boost to mobile commerce
A. Ant Ozok, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Here is an accurate prediction for a change: No matter how Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales...
What is behind the turkey pardoning ritual?
Tobin Miller Shearer, The University of Montana
Since 1989, when President George H. W. Bush first formally instituted the practice, U.S. presidents have pardoned a...
What stories should you be telling kids this holiday season?
Marshall Duke, Emory University
In every culture that anthropologists have ever studied, people tell stories.
Families most frequently tell stories around the time of vacations, family...
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...
