Where We Stand: 30 Reasons for Loving Our CountryIn these 30 essays, Roger Rosenblatt draws on his 27 years of reporting and commenting on America to reaffirm the core values of our complex and wonderful country. Famous for his ability to put wise and important ideas into witty and instructive prose, the prize-winning journalist and commentator provides comfort and resolve for Americans in a time of threat. With his charm and humor, Rosenblatt reminds us of the fundamental political and moral strengths of America. During the last 30 years, Rosenblatt believes, we have been living outside history in a bubble of wealth and power. The events of September 11, 2001, have given us a chance to reacquaint ourselves with what the country stands for and what it should become. If we have lost our way as a country, it is because we have lost sight of the idealism on which America was founded. The fundamentals of American justice and society are more than America's virtues--they are standards by which a civilization measures its worth. |
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30 Reasons for Loving Our Country Roger Rosenblatt. I VERMONT , YOU VERMONT , WE VERMONT In which a very special state is singled out as the embodiment of our nonsensical pursuit of unhappiness Let u et us now praise famous states - one ...
... Vermont legislature declared war against Ger- many in September 1941 , three months before the rest of the country decided to follow suit . 4. Matthew Lyon of Vermont , a U.S. congressman , was reelected while serving time in jail for ...
... Vermont noticed . Rather than dissuading outsiders from the utopian dream of Vermont living , the queer doings of Vermont- ers have mightily enhanced the state's attractiveness . Since Vermont is the thing one wants when one desper ...
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Preface | 1 |
We Are Free to Be You Me Stupid and Dead | 9 |
Were Dignified Thats What I SaidDignified | 15 |
Copyright | |
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