True Patriots Measure Themselves Not By Personal

True Patriots Believe That We Should Measure A Citizen's Worth By Contribution To Country And Community, Not By Wealth Or Power-that Those Whom America Has Benefited Most Should Contribute In Proportion To Their Good Fortune-and That Serving Others Should Be Esteemed More Highly Than Serving Self.

The Boomers Will Eventually Have To Accept That It Is Not Possible To Stay Young Forever Or To Stop Aging. But It Is Possible By Committing To Show Up For Each Others In Community After Community, To Earn A Measure Of Immortality.

America Is Exceptional: But Because It Yields The Likes Of Obama, Not The Likes Of Bush.

Here's A Proposal, Offered Only Partly In Jest: No Resident Of The United States, Whether Born Here Or Abroad, Should Get To Be A Citizen Until Age 18, At Which Time Each Such Resident Has To Take A Test.

Identity In America Is Complicated But It's Also Simple: It's About Whom You Identify With And Who Identifies With You.