I have been writing this column for over two years. I view it as an evidence-based, progressive viewpoint. Over those two-plus years,
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Immigrants, we get the job done.” Earlier this month my husband and I saw the musical “Hamilton” at a theater in Los Angeles. In a show filled with memorable lines, the one mentioned above received the biggest ovation from the
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I have been writing this column for over two years. I view it as an evidence-based, progressive viewpoint. Over those two-plus years, I have received both positive and negative feedback. Unfortunately, most
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While most of us have strong feelings about patriotism, its exact meaning seems nebulous and elusive. Perhaps that is why many of us practice patriotism so differently. Some exercise what may be
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In today’s America, the party of Donald Trump has tried to equate patriotism with blind support of a would-be dictator. Many Republicans say that you can’t be a patriot if you don’t
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I’m not much of a flag guy. I mean I like our flag OK. Betsy Ross did a nice job with it, but I bet she could have never pictured all those
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Immigrants, we get the job done.” Earlier this month my husband and I saw the musical “Hamilton” at a theater in Los Angeles. In a show filled with memorable lines, the one
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Despite growing up in a Midwestern, quintessential American small town in Ohio, I have never felt deeply connected to the term patriot. Don’t get me wrong — while I have not always
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I was a reluctant kindergartner. I didn’t like the idea of meeting new people. I wasn’t excited about having a teacher other than my older sister, and I was uninterested in being
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As was the case for many Americans, the election of Donald J. Trump transformed my understanding of this country. I was brought up in a family that proudly waved the flag and
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