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    From the New York Post: Tradition, Patriotism, and The Almighty   FOR WHICH WE GIVE THANKSNovember 25, 2004 -- The first Thanksgiving in the New World was celebrated in mid-October 1621, nearly one year after the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock. Much later, George Washington was the first of many American presidents for mally to proclaim a day of thanks. The following prayer was offered in 1789, in appreciation of the nation's hard-earned independence: Almighty God, we make our earnest prayer that Thou wilt keep the United States in thy holy protection; that Thou wilt incline the hearts...

YAY! I closed on my home today - a major stress load has been lifted. Anticipate moving in a few days before Christmas after getting some sanding and painting done. Built in 1948, expanded in 1963, it's an old Manhattan Project cement block home. Built as a three bedroom, one bath, the expansion added a family room and a master bedroom and bath. The original section has heated floors (and in homes costing $150,000 and up, it's called "radiant heating") and window AC units. The add-on has central heat and air. We're (we being my ten year old daughter and...

For more than a year, Lamont Smith insisted his world was an unfathomable mess. The voices of a woman and a dog haunted his head; snakes and monsters stared out at him from mirrors; and "Sergeant 14 and Sergeant 15" promised they would eventually come to his "rescue," according to Milwaukee County Circuit Court records. "Things fly . . . bugs, criminals, little people," he told a psychologist earlier this year, according to the psychologist's report. The longtime felon from Chicago said he was so confused by life that he couldn't make sense of the armed robbery charge facing him...

Waukesha - A proposal to convert part of the city cemetery into a campground for Harley-Davidson revelers was buried Monday following a public outcry and the realization that adequate electrical power could not be supplied to campers. "We can't do it. We can't get electrical power to the 500 or so campers we were hoping to get out there," said Mike Wilson, director of Prairie Home Cemetery, on the city's southwest side. As news of the proposal spread Monday, City Hall and the cemetery office became the target of irate telephone callers. "This is a sacred area, and Harley people...