Much Of Our National Debate Proceeds As

From The Right, You Get Demagogues Shouting About Brown-skinned Anchor Babies And Clamoring To Deport The Undocumented. From The Left, You Get Advocacy For The Oppressed But Otherwise, When It Comes To National Civic Identity, Mainly Silence.

After Watching My First World Series In 1977, I Wanted To Be Reggie Jackson. I Bought A Big Reggie Poster. I Ate Reggie Candy Bars. I Entered A Phase During Which I Insisted On Having The Same Style Of Glasses Reggie Had: Gold Wire Frames With The Double Bar Across.

My Grandfather Was A General In The Nationalist Chinese Air Force During World War Ii, And I Grew Up Hearing The Pilot Stories And Seeing Pictures Of Him In Uniform.

What We Should Celebrate More Than Diversity Is What We Do With It. How Do We Bring Everyone In The Tent And Create Something Together? In A Twenty-first Century Way That Activates Our True Potential, We All Need To Become Sworn-again.

Like The 'little Emperors' Of One-child China, Too Many Boomers Were Taught Early That The World Was Made (or Saved) For Their Comfort And Enjoyment. They Behaved Accordingly, With A Self-indulgence That Was Wholly Rational, Given Their Situation.