King of America, released in 1986, didn’t do great business, but it helped Costello find his artistic footing by recasting him in rootsy singer/songwriter mode. As the reissue shows, it also set ...

Thanksgiving is my favorite American holiday. Let me count some of the ways I love Thanksgiving: Because it isn’t very commercialized. Because it doesn’t leave out the lovelorn and the lonely.

He is someone for all in America to be thankful for — proof that in the United States, the last can be first. Llewellyn King is the executive producer and host of “White House Chronicle” on PBS.