Really, it's not. All you need to do is type, "What makes America great?" (or some permutation thereof), into your Internet search engine. You will be presented with millions of results featuring list upon list extolling the benefit and value of our Republic. Some of these lists are light-hearted (but not without merit, have a look at any of the 100 great things about America that was published, up until recently, by Forbes.com), but others are entirely thoughtful and compelling (see, for example, Daniel Krauthammer's excellent essay in the May 8th issue of The Weekly Standard , " What Makes America Great? The question at the heart of the debate over nationalism "). I bring this up because I've just been re-reading Geoff Kabaservice's op-ed from the Saturday, June 10th edition of The New York Times , " Our Failing President's Great Performance ." Kabaservice, who has his degree in American History from Yale and is currently a rese
This blog is an endeavor to initiate a discussion on how to keep America great. The concept of greatness does not derive from some self-satisfied presumption, but rather the assumption that a Republic of free individuals is indeed the best form of government that humans can create and that "We The People" should by all means struggle to ensure that "government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."