This week, Americans will gather around kitchen and dining room tables from sea to shining sea for one of our most distinctly American celebrations. For generations, we've marked the fourth Thursday in November as a national day of thanksgiving.
At the end of this fractious year, coming together in gratitude may feel difficult. In a nation that seems to be fraying at the seams—battered by racial tensions, political turmoil, bloodshed, and scandal—exactly what do we have for which to corporately give thanks?
It's not as if our national discord is contained to the halls of Congress or the editorial pages; it invades our daily lives. When we can't even watch the Lions game or get a second-rate cup of coffee from grandma's Keurig without political implications, has Thanksgiving become a meaningless exercise in whistling past the graveyard?
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