Feasting, drinking, football, cheerleaders, and the beginning of the busiest shopping season of the year: I realized yesterday that Thanksgiving really is the sensual holiday. Gary Hull would probably agree, and you can read his take on Thanksgiving here. Another Gary--Gary North--probably wouldn't agree with that assessment, but he still has some interesting observations to make on the holiday, including remarks on marginal utility and how it relates to the real story of Thanksgiving (it does), which you can read here. Bill Kaufmann discusses the only New Deal flight of fancy which FDR ever renounced, and my friend Lowell Ponte weaves through turkey, coffee, Lysenkoism, and freedom in his own Thanksgiving musing.
What do I have to say about my favorite holiday? Why, it's all about marginal utility and beer, of course and you can read about the beer at The Atlasphere.