The Texas Progressive Alliance is starting to feel an odd craving for can-shaped servings of cranberry sauce as it brings you this week’s highlights from the blogs. TXsharon continues to follow the ... of a sultry pilgrim holding a turkey, and included in this post information about the status of women in Colonial New England. Tagged: Texas Blogs, Texas Politics, Texas Progressive Alliance

... : Marinades are made to be absorbed into meat without fancy tools, and that's much of their appeal. But Progressive International's 4-in-1 Flavor Injector($12.59 at Amazon.com) features ... plunger. If you ask me, that's not much of a fourth function. I'll forgive Progressive International, at least in part, for faulty marketing. As it turned out, I really enjoyed the results ...

... Progressives Ever Learn?...Bizarro is only trying to point to one potential way to a practical application of a progressive renaissance. For instance, why not get one of the oddball Grits to make an advance to a right- ... and allowing the Regressives to bring these issues to the table in a manner that seemingly hamstrings and tongue-ties what should and must be a progressive Liberal Party of Canada.

Billie Jean King gets official recognition as agent of change By Andrea Lewis, August 12, 2009 – progressive.org On Aug. 12, tennis legend Billie Jean King was duly recognized for her role as a game-changer of history. This is the day President Obama bestowed on her the Medal of Freedom. 
 During King’s best playing years — from the mid-1960s

In Malaysia, Islamic authorities have charged a popular progressive Muslim preacher with conducting a religious lecture in the state of Selangor without authorization from the state's Islamic department. AP reported yesterday that Asri Zainul Abidin plead not guilty in a Sharia court. He charges selective prosecution. Abidin has criticized the country's Islamic authorities' ...

... "Facts and skills do matter, but only in a context and for a purpose. That's why progressive education tends to be organized around problems, projects, and questions - rather than around ... doesn't work. Instead, what's really at the base of this disconnection between progressives and progressive values in education are four pervasive mindsets that tend to influence American beliefs ...