William F. Buckley, National Review magazine founder, remarked in a 1988 speech 'We are basket cases of ingratitude, so many of us.'
It's easy for the holidays at year's end to become routine — even stressful — but we really must insist upon using them as a time for reflection. Every time I've walked past a torn-down Israeli hostage sign in New York City this fall, I've thought about how we don't l…