As It Stands Now, Those Of Us

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.

'the Purpose-driven Life' Is Not Just A Mega-bestselling Work Of Christian Faith; It Is The Thing That Every Voter, Secular Or Not, Yearns For.

You Want To Defend Citizenship? Don't Persecute Or Isolate Those Without Papers. Just Live Like A Citizen. That'd Be A First-class Way To Be American.

At The Heart Of Our Public Morality Is The Idea That He Who Gives Generously Is Most Virtuous And Morally Praiseworthy; That There Is No Greater Citizen Than She Who Sacrifices; And That There Is No Greater Measure Of Worth Than Contribution. These Are Values We Can Be Proud Of. After All, There Is No Moral System Or Religion On Earth Where The Guiding Ethic Is Grab More For Yourself.

Sometimes When I Listen To Fellow Progressives, I Wonder If The Only Lesson We Took Away From The '04 Elections Is That Politics Is A Word Game.