Free Republic

Of all the holidays in the year, Thanksgiving is perhaps most incompatible with the moral dispositions of Generation Y. It is not that we refuse to partake of the turkey and mashed potatoes, nor that we refrain from watching the football games on television. Rather, we are ungrateful for most everything we have. We are a thankless generation. I may sound like a pessimist, but my premise is basically positive. My generation is materially blessed beyond what any other generation before us has ever had. A typical, middle-class 18-year-old is endowed with a fairly new car with a fancy stereo...