Today, public understanding of our past and our system of government is pitifully low..

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 citi….

A basic assumption shapes most Americans’ mindset about labor: the belief that the death of unions isn’t my problem because I’m not in a union. That ….

As it stands now, those of us who are lucky enough to be citizens by birth don't have to do much. Very little is asked of us..

Love of country cannot be a supersized version of individual narcissism. True love of country-of this country-is love of our children, of a creed th….

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 Ameri….

The next time someone uses denial of citizenship as a weapon or brandishes the special status conferred upon him by the accident of birth, ask him th….

Today's multiracial Americans are at greater liberty to choose how they'd like to be seen, and under less pressure to pass for white..

Great numbers of Asian Americans do not fit the model minority or 'tiger family' stereotypes, living instead in multigenerational poverty far from th….

True patriots believe that freedom from responsibility is selfishness, freedom from sacrifice is cowardice, freedom from tolerance is prejudice, free….

Six decades ago, as Mao's Communists seized power, the question in Washington was, 'Who lost China?' Now, as his capitalist descendants stand astride….

We're all better off...when we're all better off..

Our commitment should be to leave our environment in better shape than when we found it, our nation's fiscal house in better order, our public infras….

True patriots measure themselves not by personal wealth or power but by the degree to which they contribute to the community..

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 firs….

Jeremy Lin is the only Asian American in the NBA today and one of the few in any professional U.S. sport. His arrival is surely leading other talente….

Imagine filling a college with the first 1,000 students to get perfect SATs. Whatever the racial composition of that class would be, the notion seems….

To be sure, the United States has profound problems, not least our faltering educational and physical infrastructure..

Conservatives forget that citizenship is more than a thing to withhold from immigrants. Progressives forget it's more than a set of rights..

The strongest streak in the American character is a fierce pragmatism that mistrust blind ideology of every stripe and insists on finding what really….

Identity in America is complicated but it's also simple: it's about whom you identify with and who identifies with you..