PEACEFUL GUIDANCE IN A WORLD OF WAR: Austin Bay has a Thanksgiving column up:

The old saw that there are no atheists in a foxhole isn’t quite true. I’ve known two or three. These men were fine, reliable soldiers. One fellow in particular had a distinct, visceral disdain for religious faith, but all were thankful when a patrol or convoy returned to base with no one killed or wounded. Instead of thanking God or even thanking goodness, they chalked it up as “a good mission.”

For me, a good mission was great, but merely noting the success was never quite good enough.

Read the whole thing.