Dr. Seuss wrote “How the Grinch Stole Christmas!” the story of a sour, solitary creature who despises the joy that Christmas brings to others. This year, the Grinch has widened his ambitions and is taking aim at Thanksgiving. Our country is in a mess. Gas prices are soaring. The cost of groceries, including turkeys, is rising every month. In the middle of a shortage of hospital workers, vaccine mandates are driving health care professionals away from their jobs. Our southern border is a disaster, some of our schools are failing to educate students, and our supply chain is in chaos, leading to shortages of goods and higher prices for such things as lumber and cars. Good news seems as rare as snow in August. Even worse, many Americans are frayed in spirit, afraid the country, like some of its politicians, is going off the deep end, diving like lunatic lemmings …