This year has been, on a variety of levels, a very good one. And many of the good things in it have sprung, directly or indirectly, from this blog, and all of you who read it and make it mean something. Happy Thanksgiving. And thanks.

Ezra Klein is a former Prospect writer and current editor-in-chief at Vox. His work has appeared in the LA Times, The Guardian, The Washington Monthly, The New Republic, Slate, and The Columbia Journalism Review. He’s been a commentator on MSNBC, CNN, NPR, and more.