Category: Holidays

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Happy Thanksgiving 2011!

by Andrew Villeneuve

Hap­py Thanks­giv­ing, every­one! Today we cel­e­brate a unique­ly North Amer­i­can hol­i­day steeped in tra­di­tion — a hol­i­day that began cen­turies ago as a sim­ple har­vest cel­e­bra­tion in colonies like Mass­a­chu­setts and Vir­ginia, and is now a day when mil­lions of fam­i­lies across this con­ti­nent come togeth­er to share a meal and count bless­ings. We at […]

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In memoriam, ten years later

by Andrew Villeneuve

Today is the tenth anniver­sary of the Sep­tem­ber 11th attacks, which destroyed New York’s World Trade Cen­ter, dam­aged the Pen­ta­gon, and claimed the lives of thou­sands of inno­cent Amer­i­cans. In hon­or of those who died that day, we’re repub­lish­ing a poem that we post annu­al­ly here on The Advo­cate. Two thou­sand one, nine eleven Two […]

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Don’t forget to celebrate LABOR Day!

by Steve

It’s been accept­ed as gospel that the great­est eco­nom­ic engine in Amer­i­ca is small busi­ness – a myth start­ed more than a gen­er­a­tion ago by groups such as the US Cham­ber of Com­merce and prop­a­gat­ed by politi­cians who want to cul­ti­vate a ‘pro-busi­­ness’ rep­u­ta­tion. In fact, the great­est force in the Amer­i­can econ­o­my for much […]

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Happy Fourth of July 2011!

by Andrew Villeneuve

Good after­noon and Hap­py Fourth of July 2011! Here’s a quick news roundup for our nation’s two hun­dred and thir­ty fifth birth­day: Once again, speed eater Joey Chest­nut has won the Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eat­ing Con­test, held annu­al­ly at Coney Island since 1916. Chest­nut man­aged to down six­­ty-four hot dogs and buns in ten […]

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The Declaration of Independence, two hundred and thirty-five years later

by Andrew Villeneuve

In accor­dance with tra­di­tion, we are post­ing the text of the Dec­la­ra­tion of Inde­pen­dence here on The Advo­cate for your enjoy­ment. The Dec­la­ra­tion was pri­mar­i­ly authored by our third pres­i­dent, Thomas Jef­fer­son, who drew heav­i­ly on the think­ing of Enlight­en­ment philoso­phers such as John Locke to per­sua­sive­ly lay out the case for the inde­pen­dence of […]

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Happy Easter 2011!

by Andrew Villeneuve

Rejoice! Rejoice! This is the day that the Lord has made, be glad about it. Every­body rejoice, rejoice! This is the day that is made — be glad.  — Lyrics from Rejoice by Ken­neth W. Lewis For your read­ing plea­sure on this joy­ous East­er Sun­day, here is an account of the Res­ur­rec­tion of Jesus Christ from the […]