Thanks and Thanksgiving

The Houston Courant ^ | November 27, 2019 | K. Roberts

[The Houston Courant]

Thanksgiving can be a tough time of year for many Americans. “The worst moment for an atheist is when he is really thankful and has no one to thank,” G.K. Chesterton pointed out many years ago.

These days, the holiday has two stumbling blocks that I see. The first is America’s growing secularization. The second is something evident even among many of the still-faithful: a failure to appreciate the abounding blessings we all enjoy. The answer to both is the same: Look up.

Let’s take those in reverse order. In our deeply divided world, with impeachment hearings dominating our news cycles (and threatening us with those insufferably woke “how to tell your grandfather he’s wrong at Christmas” pieces), is there anything to be grateful for? Greta Thunberg tells us our house is on fire. Democratic presidential candidates tell us the middle class is falling further behind. And we’re told that overall, the poor get poorer while the rich get richer.

But look up from your devices, for I bring you good news. The late Swedish scholar Hans Rosling made it his life’s mission to show people the positive progress we’ve made as a species in the last hundred years. His book, “Factfulness,” is now something that billionaire Bill Gates says is required reading for employees at his foundation.

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[Dilbert San Diego]

Remember a few years ago, Obama’s people distributed talking points to use at Thanksgiving dinner, to push Obamacare, and convince deplorable Uncle Mike and cousin Steve that Obamacare was healthcare Nirvana?

I wonder if the liberals in many families will do something similar, in pushing impeachment?