As someone with an academic turn of mind, I’m thankful to have built a career in a society that valued intellectual pursuits. And as someone who specialized in a social science that’s supposed to be relevant to policy, I’m thankful for the years during which it seemed as if logic and evidence actually mattered, at least a bit, to people in power. Sign Up You agree to receive occasional updates and special offers for The New York Times's products and services. I’ve had much to be thankful for — but every one of those good things is now very much under assault. In other words, America has given me a lot to be thankful for.

Source: New York Times November 24, 2017 00:22 UTC