We have long been a country in conflict. This Thanksgiving week, I’d like to point out the Puritans followed the religion of John Calvin, and the economics of John Locke and my favorite signer, John Hart of Declaration of Independence fame.
They never saw eye to eye. Thomas Hooker was the dissenting Puritan theologian who got mad and left to form his own colony in Connecticut.
This is all starting to make sense: America was founded on a dispute among three Johns and a Hooker.
Most Americans do well as a family this time of year — in short doses — if there is plenty of booze around and football on TV. We Hart males are even willing to watch the Detroit Lions play just to avoid any meaningful family interaction.
Thanksgiving is about family, so we all really need to thank our parents first. If your parents never had children, chances are good that you don’t, either. But either way, this is a great time to reflect with gratitude on the year. Even though it was an awful year because of crime, inflation and politics, do not ruin your holiday dinners trying to talk about it.