THANKSGIVING – AT 11:40 A.M. ET:  First, happy Thanksgiving to you all.  We hope for a serene Thanksgiving, but we know we'll be assaulted by the voices of the left, denouncing the day as the origin of all evil.  Ignore them.  It is better to thank God than to thank Marx.

It is exactly 400 years this month that, according to the oral tradition, the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts.  (I think the left believes they landed in Berkeley.)  They started the building of a great nation.  True, along the way there were injustices done to native Americans and to other immigrant groups.  That is part of our story, and, indeed, the story of most nations.  But our story also includes the creation of a free nation with a superb and lasting Constitution, and the forging of one people, from many, that has, over the centuries, exhibited character, bravery and breathtaking ingenuity.

There is a reason why millions of people from around the world want to come to America.  They are not misinformed, nor are they mislead by Hollywood movies or the singing of "God Bless America."  They come to a place that is very real, and offers opportunities available nowhere else.  American exceptionalism, now disparaged by the chattering classes and Barack Obama, is displayed every day.  Look for it around you. 

Benjamin Franklin cautioned to the newly independent United States of America, "A republic, if you can keep it."  He was right.  And our challenge today is to keep it, to insure that future generations give thanks for ours.

November 22,  2018