Before Trump, another visionary American magnate who improved America and the world

Before Trump, another visionary American magnate who improved America and the world: Christmas is a season of hope. At the level of nature, it arrives just after the winter solstice, when the day begins to conquer back the minutes lost to the night, and we can begin to look forward again to spring’s return. And at the spiritual level, it is the anniversary of the moment when the star shone brightly over Bethlehem, heralding the birth—no matter what ideas you have about religion in general and Christianity in particular—of our Judeo-Christian civilization.