A New American Myth
In politics, our myths are more important than our history. The stories that tell us who we are as a nation are the most powerful political tools in times of economic, military or cultural stress. Good or useful myths marshal …
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by Ted McAllister
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Filed Under: American Founding, Barack Obama, City on a Hill, Conservatism, Mitt Romney, Populism, Ronald Reagan
In politics, our myths are more important than our history. The stories that tell us who we are as a nation are the most powerful political tools in times of economic, military or cultural stress. Good or useful myths marshal …
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by Gordon Lloyd
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Filed Under: Alexis de Tocqueville, American Citizenship, American Founding, Constitutional Morality, Democratic Perfectionism, Monty Python, Redistribution
The closing of the XXX Olympic Games, in both French and English, reminds me of Charles Dickens who in the nineteenth century wrote famously about the Tale of Two Cities—Paris and London–separated by a channel of water. Paris was experiencing …