By Adam Lucas, Crisis Magazine - Thanksgiving is for coming together in simple gratitude—especially after a contentious election season... I think there’s something Providential about the proximity of Thanksgiving and Election Day, however man-made both days may be. The entire nation pents itself up for months—years even—for the biannual culmination of history upon which the very soul of our country rests. We yell, fight, debate (or used to), plan and manipulate for what appears to be, and sometimes actually is, the day to determine the next four years of our flourishing or declining.