Thanksgiving 2008 menu

Starter
Bloody Maries
Prosciutto-wrapped dates

The Meal
Roasted turkey
Giblet gravy
Bread stuffing with apples, dried apricots, and olives
Cranberry jelly (dressed with orange slices)
Creamy mashed potatoes (with snipped chives on top)
Marshmallow candied yams
Mushroom bake (button, crimini, oyster, shiitake)
Balsamic roasted asparagus
Roasted pearl onions
Steamed squashes
Fresh bread
Cabernet Sauvignon

Dessert
Fruit Plate
Pumpkin pie
Cherry pie
Tea

Our place in the world

The amount of attention that Barack Obama's election victory has generated abroad should fill us with pride. Despite our grave mistakes and ever-inward focus, we are a nation that other countries continue to look to. Maybe it's that we have just too compelling a storyline, like a TV series you continue to watch even through a really poorly-written season.

I hope that Americans marvel at all the attention, like I do. I hope it engenders some humility in us and a renewed sense of the responsibility we have toward the rest of the world.

My biggest reason for supporting Obama was that - because of his racial background and his promise as a thoughtful, intellectual leader - his election would in one fell swoop make right so many wrongs that have been done to America's image by the Bush administration. Even before Nov. 4, I imagined the world headlines and thought how great it would be able to get copies of these glorious front pages so I could roll around in them, like the world's happiest pig in mud.


































































Special thanks to www.newseum.org for collecting the world's front pages and making them available to all.