Thanksgiving Wasn't Always a Source of National Unity.
The Problem of Gratitude (Royal, Azerrad, Melonic, and Peterson)
Robert Royal on the necessary grounding of gratitude, David Azerrad and Emina Melonic on the obstacles to American gratitude, and Matthew Peterson on the natural gratitude we owe to God, family, and country.
I Think Therefore I Thank
Robert Royal on how we should be thankful for the sheer wonder of being.
Canadian Reflections on American Thanksgiving
David Azerrad on how the democratic obstacles to gratitude might be overcome.
Choosing Gratitude
Emina Melonic on how despite Anti-Americanism run amuck, “Gratitude is always in one’s own power.”
God, Family, Country
Matthew Peterson on gratitude as what we owe to God, Family, and Country.
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Also in this feature
How Abraham Lincoln created Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving remains one of our few unifying traditions.
We should be thankful for the sheer wonder of being.
The Genuinely American Debate over Federalism and Thanksgiving.
Allen Guelzo, Richard Brookhiser, Joseph Bottum, and Justin Dyer on the thought and action of Lincoln's Thanksgiving and his wrestling with God.
