Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone out there. It seems to me that on balance I’ve more to be thankful about than otherwise: I live in the best country in the world (it has a lot of problems, but it’s still the best); I’ve a good job; I’m comfortably in the lower middle class; I have three fine brothers; and I’m in good health. Despite how fun it can be to be pessimistic and negative about things, I figure that most of us are probably as lucky—compared to 99% of the world’s past and present population, we’re very fortunate.

