Madden Mischief

People march on Thanksgiving to express their gratitude for family and health, and food on the table.

Thanksgiving is the time to reflect on the simple joys in life, to express our gratitude for both big and small blessings.

But for many, these are mishigas times, so there will be more that many will seek to have more plentifully this Thanksgiving, perhaps more intensely than ever before!

In many parts of America that something that may be missing are those tarnished and torn, ripped to shreds roots of happiness called peace and calm. 

Every day there seems to be yet another disturbing outbreak of something wild and unsettling, whether it’s nutjobs shooting at people on streets, or duly anointed officials herding citizens off them like cattle. 

Hey tranquility, where’d you go?  What happened that drove you out of so many cities and towns across America? How do we get you back in time to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving?

So now let me just congratulate Gov. Pritzker for signing an executive order to provide $20 million to food banks with SNAP benefits on the edge of lapsing n Illinois amid the ongoing government shutdown Republicans say Democrats caused and visa versa.

And while we’re at it, let’s forgive the gov for bemoaning President Trump’s having sent military troops into the windy city to reduce all the running room criminals seemed to have had there.  Happy Thanksgiving Gov!

And please, Lord, help Elon Musk stop doing what we all must stop, which is aging so fast. And if elected mayor, please help Mamdani quickly acquire economic wisdom to blend with his kind concern for poor New Yorkers struggling to pay rent and buy food.

Next week, look for a poem I just wrote that fits Thanksgiving to a tee, places a holy cross on our rooting for simple joys in life.  It’s called “Life on Parade” that hopefully will inspire both those on the left and right to work together to keep America on track as the greatest nation on earth, still a shining city upon a hill.

Tom Madden writes countless articles, blogs, and books, when he’s not churning out press releases for clients of his public relations firm, TransMedia Group.  He started his award-winning firm in Manhattan after he left NBC where he was vice president, assistant to then CEO Fred Silverman, for whom he wrote speeches and mentored when they were both at ABC.  Today Madden’s daughter Adrienne Mazzone is president of the firm now in Boca Raton, FL, where CEO Madden writes his MaddenMischief blogs while cranking out PR.