Tag Archives: American Exceptionalism

Michael Smerconish: American Exceptionalism

Source:Michael Smerconish talking about when America was the greatest. Source:The New Democrat “When was America greatest?” From Michael Smerconish “When Donald Trump says we need to ‘make America great again,” most Republicans think about the 1950s. According to Andrew Van Dam … Continue reading

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TED: Barbara F. Walter: Is The US Headed Towards Another Civil War?

Source:TED– democracy expert Barbara F. Walter speaking. Source:The New Democrat “Based on her work for a CIA task force aimed at predicting civil wars, political scientist Barbara F. Walter examines the rise in extremism and threats to democracies around the … Continue reading

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MIT Video Productions: ‘Howard Zinn at MIT 2005 – The Myth of American Exceptionalism’

Source:MIT Video Productions– author/historian Howard Zinn at MIT. Source:The New Democrat  “Howard Zinn (1922-2010) offers a talk at MIT titled “The Myth of American Exceptionalism,” on March 14, 2005. He is the inaugural lecturer in the series “Myths About America” … Continue reading

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AEI: What is Pluralism?

Source:The New Democrat From Merriam Webster: “4a : a state of society in which members of diverse ethnic, racial, religious, or social groups maintain and develop their traditional culture or special interest within the confines of a common civilization. b … Continue reading

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Ronald Reagan: Talking About One America and American Pluralism

Source:The New Democrat “Let me speak plainly: The United States of America is and must remain a nation of openness to people of all beliefs. Our very unity has been strengthened by this pluralism. That’s how we began; this is … Continue reading

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The New Yorker: A Hundred Years of American Protest, Then and Now

Source:The New Democrat There’s an old American cliche that this is as American as apple pie. Baseball is as American as apple pie. Hot dogs are American as apple pie. Going to church or your house of worship on Sunday … Continue reading

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The New Republic: Clint Smith: Affirmative Action As Reparations

Source:The New Democrat The main reason why I oppose affirmative action at least in the sense of reward any American or Americans based on race, ethnicity, or gender, is because I have this old and I guess what young Millennial’s … Continue reading

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National Journal: Peter Beinart: The End of American Exceptionalism?

Source:The New Democrat  American exceptionalism is an interesting difficult thing to talk about because it is hard to define. And the fact that exceptional is by itself neither good or bad, it is just different. You could have an exceptionally … Continue reading

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