In commemoration of Thanksgiving Day, we commend for you, our faithful donors, subscribers and readers, consideration of President Abraham Lincoln’s original proclamation establishing a national day of Thanksgiving. It was penned on the president’s behalf by Secretary of State William … Continue reading →

It was in 1836 that William Leggett, the outspoken editorial writer for the New York Plaindealer, wrote of finding “something exceedingly impressive in the spectacle which a whole people presents, in thus voluntarily withdrawing themselves on some particular day, from … Continue reading →

The latest Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) report on labor productivity in the U.S. business sector for the second quarter 2022 shows output per hour falling at a 3.6 percent annual rate following a similar decline in the first quarter. … Continue reading →