Thanksgiving: The Near-Perfect Holiday

Mark Shields: "To celebrate Thanksgiving, this most American of this country's holidays, you do not have to go into debt. You do not have to dress up, or rent or buy any expensive costume. Nobody makes a financial killing on this Thursday in November. OK, Ocean Spray, the cranberry company in my native Massachusetts, makes a buck or two, but the proper observance of Thanksgiving does not tempt any one of us anywhere to go Chapter 11 — and nobody risks losing his eyesight to a cherry bomb...I appreciate that Newt Gingrich is thinking — once again — about running for the White House. Newt argues against same-sex marriage. The thrice-wed former House speaker makes the case that marriage should be only between a man and a woman ... and a woman ... and a woman."