Gratitude Has Both a Subject and an Object

Thanksgiving. a day we set aside to enumerate our blessings, the things we are grateful for – the subjects of our gratitude.  But too often we forget that our thanks need to be directed somewhere.  What, or better, who is the object of our gratitude?  We offer thanks as if the universe blindly and randomly gave us this bounty.  Yet we talk about an “attitude of gratitude” as if we are supposed to always be grateful, but how can we be when what makes us grateful is so capricious?  Times are not always bountiful.  That is why the object of our gratitude is so important.  If that object is worthy, we can be grateful even in the absence of bounty because that object has blessed us with enough.

This Thanksgiving I have so much to be grateful for, so much, but I...

D.E.I. in Retreat

Last week we looked at how a focus on identity resulted in more discrimination, not less.  Well, now there are studies proving my point:

New research from the Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI) and Rutgers University reveals that some diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) training methods may cause psychological harm.

The study, released on Monday, shows...

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Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), Incoming Chair Of Senate’s Appropriations Committee

Maine’s Senator Susan Collins joined me this AM to discuss he role in the new Congress as Chair of the Appropriations Committee:

Audio:

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Transcript:

HH: I’m beginning the program with the incoming chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Senator Susan Collins of the great state of Maine, my half-time home. Senator Collins, welcome back. It’s good to talk to you, and thank you for getting up early. Congratulations on becoming the chairwoman of Appropriations on January 3rd, kind of a surprise. A lot of people speculated that Leader McConnell would want that, but it’s going to be you with the big job. How...

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