HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Here is Abraham Lincoln's Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1863 which established the Thanksgiving holiday as we know it today.

President Obama will commit the U.S. to emissions reductions. Politically, that is an easy thing for him to do. It makes him look good to the environmentalists and to the Europeans, and since Congress is unlikely to pass the bill that would give the commitment teeth, he can claim credit for trying without accepting the negative consequences that would ensue were the targets to be met.

President Obama is also looking for more troops from our European allies to aid in the fight in Afghanistan. He will probably not get them.

Here is an article that agrees with my analysis about why the NFL sacked the guys who ran their committee on concussions.

George Will examines the disaster of Christmas giving.