Thanksgiving is a seasonal, wanted reminder of the promise and actuality of America – on which we have a good time our nation’s shared, uniting vacation of gratitude.
We the Individuals are not doing properly. We’re divided, indignant, and house-poor. That stated, whether or not you’re liberal, conservative, progressive, or MAGA, all of us have a lot – by any actual, clear metric – to be grateful for and far that’s deserving of our collective, bipartisan celebration, cherishing, and protection. We’re a greater and extra united individuals once we lookup in shared gratitude.
If you’re an American – poor, center class, or wealthy – there’s nonetheless an “Unum,” half precept and half shared expertise, which connects the American “Pluribus” and our assorted pursuits of happiness.
No matter your personal familial origin story, there stays a shared American fact and actuality: “We the Folks” are all born on third base in comparison with the remainder of the world, and it’s not as a result of we hit a triple.
This nation is particular. It stays particular. No matter our issues, we nonetheless have a lot to be grateful for and causes to rise above our variations and unite in a typical good for civic protection.
On a private word, I’m grateful that I’m going to be a grandfather quickly. A brand new chapter in our household’s American story will start within the new 12 months of our nation’s 250th 12 months. Having grandkids reminds us to maintain our eyes on defending the prize.
Civically and professionally, I’m giving thanks for RealClear’s readers and supporters.
I write this Thanksgiving word, having come again from a lunch with one in all you – somebody who exemplifies our viewers and patrons. Sensible, achieved, and discerning. You characterize considerate citizenship at its finest. These getting-to-know-you conversations with RealClear readers encourage us.
Most of my conferences are with reader-supporters over Zoom, which give each day bounces in our crew’s steps. (If you’re considering having one, attain out to our development coordinator, Frank Filocomo [frank@realclear.com], and he’ll set one up. We actually take pleasure in it.)
This one was in-person and ennobling. I broke bread with a U.S. Navy pilot who flew 85 fight missions in Vietnam. On his return, he needed to check destiny once more by touchdown a fighter jet on an plane service in hostile waters. After the battle, he made his fortune on Wall Road, retired to Florida, and devoted himself to public service as our native county commissioner. Thanks, Hal. You’re a nice American, and we’re grateful to depend you amongst RealClear’s devoted readers and steadfast supporters.
For the remainder of you: Come to our Samizdat Prize Gala on Feb. 11, 2026, and I’ll introduce you to Hal.
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For the previous 10 years, it has been laborious to be RealClear.
Our promoting income has been attacked as a result of our viewpoint-diversity journalism – the sort that encourages Individuals to assume for themselves – offends the smug sensibilities of the self-appointed censors preferring monologues managed to their liking. However we all know that wholesome democracy requires open dialogue. We went hungry when our enterprise mannequin was ambushed and we stay hungry, however, due to you, we didn’t starve as meant. Thanks.
My job at RealClear is Sisyphean in construction. I apologize for speaking Greek. Please indulge me for a second. Sisyphus’ curse was that he needed to push a rock up a hill, with no hope of attending to the highest and having fun with a degree roll. It’s not a life for everybody, however we – together with your funding at our again – have discovered each goal and pleasure in it.
What would occur if Sisyphus didn’t present up for work? What would occur if RealClear merely give up? For us, giving up on presenting an array of viewpoints and protecting polling correct and sincere just isn’t an possibility. Defeat is a chance however give up just isn’t. Due to you, we’ll proceed to push the viewpoint-diversity rock up a hill, and we’ll hold doing so joyfully. Thanks.
We couldn’t do it alone. RealClear exists, nonetheless consequentially positioned on the “hill” of viewpoint range due to you. What others have taken away, or tried to sideline, our reader-supporters like you’ve preserved. And our nation is healthier for it.
It pays to be partisan in immediately’s media panorama. However we’re nonetheless pushing in opposition to the ideological, closed-minded, censorious grain. If you’re a previous supporter, stick with us. Or, if you’re studying this and haven’t given earlier than, please think about becoming a member of us as a reader-supporter. Click on right here: www.realclearmediafund.org/donate.
Thanks in your previous assist and current consideration. We don’t take your assist with no consideration. We hope you think about impartial and unbiased information protection as very important as we do. Our want in your assist is actual and enduring, as is our thanks.
Sincerely,
David DesRosiers
President
RealClear Media Fund
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P.P.S. You may also assist RealClear by incorporating us in your property plan. A few of you on the market could also be dissatisfied and really feel let down by your alma mater. If that is you – and also you need to advance viewpoint range, sanity, and correct and sincere polling for years to come back – please think about making a deliberate present to RealClear Media Fund. To debate this with us, please contact our development coordinator, Frank Filocomo at: frank@realclear.com.
P.P.P.S. Once more, we love speaking to our readers. When you’d prefer to arrange a dialog, Frank is the person for that as properly.
David DesRosiers is the writer of RealClearMedia and president of the RealClear Media Fund, which helps the reason for free speech by means of its annual Samizdat Prize, and its reporting, and the perspective range technique.
