WHAT IS AN AMERICAN?

The country [the United States], Lincoln believed, is the carrier of a precious cargo, a proposition that is the timeless human truth, and the survival of this principle will always be of providential importance. We assent to Lincoln's creed, wide open as it is, when we think of ourselves as Americans [emphasis mine].

I knew a history teacher once who opined that he did not really know what an American was or is.

The quotation above is a pretty good attempt at getting it right. Read the whole article by clicking on the link below.

This is a good one.

I wonder just how much we need to know about the religion of our leaders. Or rather, I wonder if it is not just as important how we learn about their religion.

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