The holidays are getting underway, and most of us are in a festive mood. (Especially me, having just returned from a terrific week in Amsterdam, about which I will do a post if there is overwhelming public demand.) But to be honest, the news wasn’t great. The issue of Somali fraud in Minnesota finally went national in a big way, which you could see as a positive, but the underlying reality is too depressing to contemplate. The search for peace in Ukraine continued to be elusive. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s political career flamed out. Six Democratic politicians encouraged service members to engage in insurrection. And, at week’s end, an Afghan “refugee” who was either deranged, an energetic Muslim, or a believer in Democratic Party talking points–it is impossible to say which, at this point–shot two National Guardsmen in Washington D.C., killing at least one.
So, Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. And let’s never forget that most of the country is normal.
And finally…
