OK Habu, you hit the right nerve. I just made my donation through paypal and had no difficulty.

Gratitude is among the most mature emotions. I am very grateful for the Belmont Club.

And while I am at it, I want to say another brief word about thanksgiving — both the holiday and the attitude. When I consider all the unearned bad things that have happened to me (and there have been those) and compare them to the unearned good things that have happened to me, the unearned good things outnumber the unearned bad things by a thousand-fold. I imagine this is true for most of us.

I am especially grateful that my grandparents, of blessed memory, were wise enough and courageous enough to move to the United States 100 years ago. That is certainly an unearned good thing in my life.

So Thank You to Wretchard and Thank You to The Belmont Club and all the enlightening and stimulating writing and ideas on this site.