Bloody water and other souvenirs

Souvenirs have a long history and even a likely prehistory.  A number of my friends and coworkers exchange stones brought back from faraway places. It would be hard to find a simpler, more authentic...

The First Thanksgiving: History of the Harvest Festival

Thanksgiving Day is a North American holiday which celebrates the first harvest feast of the Pilgrims at the Plymouth Plantation in 1621.  Thanksgiving is observed on the second Monday of October in Canada...

A 'corpse' woke up in a morgue as doctors were preparing to perform a post-mo...

Crowd control is poor in India and stampedes are common. Maybe there were many lives could be saved if the procedure of this sort incident was improved by the authorities. Just like the survivor said the victims...

At Least 300 Workers Taken From Chicken Factories, Company Not Facing Any Cha...

At least 300 workers have been arrested in chicken factories in Texas."Federal agents arrested hundreds of people in raids at Pilgrim's Pride chicken plants in five states, the latest crackdown on illegal immigrant labor at the nation's poultry producers.In separate sweeps...

Rush Limbaugh: The Real Story of Thanksgiving

Was it the Indians who swooped in and saved those pathetic Pilgrims? Not exactly. It was the free market. Read this brilliant transcript from the Dr. of Democracy, Rush Limbaugh: "Now, the real story of...

Shifting Sands: Sunni Sniper Kills Pilgrims

     NowPublic contributor phrolen is a veteran of Operation IraqiFreedom and Joint Taskforce Katrina. His commentary is based on actualexperience.    ...

Festival Boycott Levels Rising Over Sacred Ganges Pollution

The Ardh Kumbh, or Half Grand Pitcher Festival is in the midst of growing protests by Holy Men who want the River Ganges cleaned up. The festival takes place along the river banks in Allahbad, India, lasting...

Arab haj pilgrims outraged at Saddam execution on Religious…

Arab pilgrims in Mecca expressed outrage on Saturday that Iraqi authorities had chosen to execute former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein on a major religious holiday, saying it was an insult to Muslims. Sunni Arabs at the haj were shocked at Saddam's hanging which followed his...

'Papa Pilgrim' pleads no contest to sex charges

A self-styled religious patriarch known as "Papa Pilgrim" pleaded no contest Tuesday to felony charges including incest. Robert Hale, 65, was accused of molesting one of his 15 children over a seven-year span, including a period when his family lived in seclusion at...

Thanksgiving Tradition Revisited

"The reaction is exactly what Morgan expects: The kids get angry and want their things back. Morgan is among elementary school teachers who have ditched the traditional Thanksgiving lesson, in which children dress...

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