So American culture is itself a hybrid and lends itself to use in other people's hybrids..

Some versions of patriotism come close to the tribal, which we all want to surpass, and some don’t..

Some fine day, Democrats may figure out how to get on the right side of the value divide - how to define America as a place of the common good and no….

Who of us does not recognize that the life we live, however larded with brave talk about values and thought and ideals, is not actually a life dedica….