America Is Exceptional: But Because

I Had Heard So Much Negative Talk About Our Generation, That We're Slackers And Young Fogies, That I Knew Wasn't True Of The People I Know.

The Next Time Someone Uses Denial Of Citizenship As A Weapon Or Brandishes The Special Status Conferred Upon Him By The Accident Of Birth, Ask Him This: What Have You Done Lately To Earn It?

Identity In America Is Complicated But It's Also Simple: It's About Whom You Identify With And Who Identifies With You.

We All Want Merit To Mean Something, And We All May Be Tempted To Reduce That Meaning To Something Measurable And Concrete Like An Sat Score. The Reality, Though, Is That Who Deserves Entry Into An Institution Depends On What The Institution Exists To Do.

Love Of Country Cannot Be A Supersized Version Of Individual Narcissism. True Love Of Country-of This Country-is Love Of Our Children, Of A Creed That Promises Them A Better Life Before It Promises Us Anything, And Embraces The Sacrifices Needed To Make That Better Life. True Love Of Country Is Giving Ourselves To A Cause And A Purpose Larger Than Ourselves. And That Cause Is To Make Liberty Worth Having, To Make The Pursuit Of Happiness Deeper Than The Quest For Personal Pleasure, And To Leave A Legacy Of Progress And Possibility.