We're All Better Off...when We're All Better

Today, Public Understanding Of Our Past And Our System Of Government Is Pitifully Low.

What Does Purpose Mean? It Means The Deepest Desire For Our Short Lives To Mean Something. . . . To Speak A Language Of Purpose Is To Return To First Principles And To Be Able To Answer, In Plain English, The Plain Questions Of Why? Why Should We Chip In To Help Someone Else? Why Should We Defer Gratification? Why Should We Care About The Long Term? Why Should We Trust Anyone Who Seems To Be Limiting Our Ability To Do What We Want?

The Boomers Have Modeled A Set Of Bad Habits, And One Grand Gesture Is Not Going To Unwind All Those Bad Habits.

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

Many Smart Folks Seem To Think That If You Just Get Your Metaphors And Messages Right, You'll Win. That If You Start Describing What You Favor As A 'moral Value' - 'affordable Health Care Is A Moral Value' Etc., - Then You'll Appeal To Red-state Voters.