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To Control Holiday Spending, Stick With Cash

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Dec 3, 2024

by Jay Zagorsky The holiday shopping season is now here, and Americans are ready to splurge. The average U.S. shopper expects to spend more than US$1,000 on gifts for Christmas and other winter holidays this year, surveys…

Opinion

OP-ED: Why We Shouldn’t Celebrate Thanksgiving

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Nov 26, 2013 0

by Robert Jensen AFTER YEARS OF being constantly annoyed and often angry about the historical denial built into Thanksgiving Day, I published an essay in November 2005 suggesting we replace the feasting with fasting and create a National…