Thursday's Daily Brief: Black Friday Creep Costs Retail Workers Their Thanksgiving

Thursday, November 22, 2012 Unhappy Thanksgiving HEALTHY LIVING 'Tis the Season to Be Stressed: A Survival Guide WORLD U.S. Troops In Afghanistan Celebrate Thanksgiving WORLD Gazans Clean Up As Ceasefire Holds POLITICS How The Obama Campaign's Polls Got It Right TECHNOLOGY Bad News For Windows 8 BLOG POSTS Bill Maher: Won Direction I have been mostly holding my tongue about the president this past season, because I didn't want to muddy the waters in a country where you only get two choices, but Mr. President, there's no third term. So you may as well throw caution to the wind. Amy Ephron: Thanksgiving Has anyone noticed that there's no debate this year? To stuff or not to stuff... To brine or not to brine... Yes, you can fast-cook a turkey at high-heat but should you? I think we all have debate fatigue; election fatigue; Washington gridlock fatigue -- and it's all somehow spilled over into Thanksgiving. Robert Reich: Why You Shouldn't Shop at Walmart on Friday The widening inequality reflected in the gap between the pay of Walmart workers and the returns to Walmart investors, including the Walton family, haunts the American economy. Marian Wright Edelman: A Thanksgiving Prayer to Stand for Children and Our Nation's Future The greatest threat to our national security comes from our indefensible and foolish neglect of our children today, which will be the seeds of our nation's undoing if we do not act with urgency. As we give thanks, let's also stand for children who need our voice. Grover Norquist: Two Thoughts on Navigating the "Fiscal Cliff" First, we can and should demand that the negotiations between Congress and the White House be done in front of C-SPAN cameras. Second, once a "deal" is agreed to, it should be written down in legislative language and put online for every American to read.

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