Page 1 - Cover
A horn of plenty overflowing with pumpkins, apples, grapes and corn to welcome the Thanksgiving season.

Page 2 - Publisher's Desk: Not Even Once
Fearless Rick on the economists his high school and college professors never mentioned, Hayek, Mises and the Austrian school, and why he believes America's economy has been tilted against small business and real money for his whole lifetime.

Page 3 - Contents/Credits
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Page 4 - Calendar
November's sports, holidays, economic reports and events, from Election Day and the NASCAR finale to the 100th Macy's parade and Thanksgiving weekend's rivalry games.

Page 5 - State of the World: Does Your Vote Still Count? Brazil, Serbia, and the Rise of Managed Democracy
Brazil's disputed runoff, Serbia's surprise upset, and the case that courts and establishments increasingly decide who gets on the ballot, plus a sidebar asking whether Washington follows the will of the people.

Page 6 - Feature: Tip-Off 2026-27
College basketball's AP preseason Top 25, led by Florida and Duke, the freshmen everyone's watching, starting with Kansas's Tyran Stokes, and a look back at Michigan's 2025-26 national title and the conference champions.

Page 7 - Sports: Fearless Rick & Coin Flip NFL Football Picks
Fearless Rick takes on the Coin Flip again, picking every NFL game against the spread. Updated weekly through the end of the regular season.

Page 7a - Sports Extra: Fearless Rick & Coin Flip College Football Picks
Fearless Rick and the Coin Flip pick the week's Top 25 college football games as the season heads into rivalry week and the conference championships. Updated weekly.

Page 8 - Money: What's Your Clock? Investing by Time Horizon at Year's End
Match every dollar to when you'll need it: short, medium and long investment horizons, current savings rates and inflation, a year-end checkup, and a sidebar for gold bugs and silver stackers on when to cut the stack loose.

Page 9 - Food & Drink: Before the Bird
Eight easy Thanksgiving appetizers that won't spoil dinner, from deviled eggs and pimento cheese to cranberry brie bites, plus a make-ahead prep schedule and a few host's rules.

Page 10 - Books
Free downloads of two free-market classics, Ludwig von Mises' Human Action and Friedrich A. Hayek's The Road to Serfdom (with an introduction by Milton Friedman), plus 365 Yummy Thanksgiving Recipes for the holiday table.

Page 11 - Public Domain: Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen
O. Henry's 1907 holiday classic: every Thanksgiving, an old gentleman treats hungry Stuffy Pete to a feast on the same Union Square bench. This year, Stuffy has a problem.

Page 12 - Outdoors: Putting the Garden to Bed
A 10-step fall garden checklist for East Tennessee: clearing spent plants, soil testing, cover crops, planting garlic, mulching with free leaves, saving seeds and caring for tools.

Page 13 - Travel: Over the River: Surviving Thanksgiving Travel in 2026
Last year's record crowds, this year's high gas prices, a day-by-day guide to the best and worst times to drive, and tips for flying smarter over the holiday.

Page 14 - Mind Body Spirit: Counting Your Blessings
What two decades of research show about gratitude and sleep, stress, mood and health, what the science doesn't prove, and simple habits that work.

Page 15 - Back Page: Looking Ahead to the December 2026 Issue
A preview of December: bowl season and the playoff push in the picks, a daily college basketball Player of the Day, post-midterm money moves, Christmas and New Year's recipes and drinks, holiday travel tips, beating the holiday blues, and more.

IdleGuy France: A Nation in Revolt
Six weeks of student and cost-of-living protests boiled over into nationwide rioting and looting on October 17. What happened, how the government responded, and what's next.

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