While You're Waiting for the Tryptophan to Kick In. . .

you might want to watch Arlo Guthrie perform the Thanksgiving Day classic, Alice's Restaurant.Have a nice nap, everyone.

Cathleen Kaveny is the Darald and Juliet Libby Professor in the Theology Department and Law School at Boston College.

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