T-Day Round-Up

A perusal of the Blogosphere and RealClear Politics, nets the following examples of writing today on what we have to be thankful for in this great country of ours:

As the President's Thanksgiving Message notes:

America is a land of abundance, prosperity, and hope. We must never take for granted the things that make our country great: a firm foundation of freedom, justice, and equality; a belief in democracy and the rule of law; and our fundamental rights to gather, speak, and worship freely.

George Will has a piece on the history of the date upon which we celebrate, and, shockingly, the politics thereof (especially as linked to commerce). My favorite bit (not surprisingly):

But in 1939, 23 states followed FDR's lead and celebrated Thanksgiving on Nov. 23. Twenty-three stayed with Nov. 30. Colorado and Texas celebrated on both days, Texas doing so to avoid having to reschedule -- speaking of things to give thanks for -- the Texas-Texas A&M football game.

Indeed.

Jonah Goldberg note that things have been gettin progessively better in the US and Europe as he discusses numeroud examples from Gregg Easterbrook's new book. (Hat tip: PoliPundit).

Jeff Jacoby is giving thanks for capitalism (as is Gary Hull of the Ayn Rand
Institute (A tip of the hat to Cox and Forkum for that one)).

David Broder is thankful that we remain united in the face of political divisions (of which I think he makes far, far too much).

Dean Esmay has an excerpt from yesterday's WSJ, detailing much that we all should be thankful for.

And we are all thanksful that James of OTB is well after a traffic accident yesterday!

Posted by Steven Taylor at November 27, 2024 10:10 AM | TrackBack