Exceptionalism

There is Much Talk These Days

Mike Feder | Posted 04.05.2012

Mike Feder

Where is it written in our Constitution or Declaration of Independence that we're supposed to be "number one?"

Reality Check: Is Your Business Strategy Ready for 2011?

Inder Sidhu | Posted 05.25.2011

Inder Sidhu

Here's a sobering thought for the new year: most business strategies are woefully incomplete. But with the new year just beginning, it's not too late to put your own business strategy to the test.

Exceptionalism

Gary Hart | Posted 05.25.2011

Gary Hart

From time to time Americans discuss our "exceptionalism." Some think it means being better than others. But in addition to meaning remarkable or exceptionally good, it also means abnormal, anomalous, aberrant, and deviant.

A Time to Give Thanks to Ronald Reagan and American Exceptionalism

Richard Herman | Posted 05.25.2011

Richard Herman

President Reagan's Farewell Address acts calls for a national unification over basic American values, which our divided nation has seemed to have dangerously abandoned today.

Cruising for a Bruising

John Feffer | Posted 05.25.2011

John Feffer

The Carnival cruise story's framing says about the U.S. perspective of the world. Even if only in a very muted way, the ship's passengers got a taste of Third World conditions.

It's "Double Jeopardy" Time for Palin and Bachmann! And They're Brave Enough to Risk Everything!

Frank Dwyer | Posted 05.25.2011

Frank Dwyer

Did "Athenian exceptionalism" kill Greece? You betcha! So?...

Exceptional Democracy

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Chris Weigant

If America is truly supposed to be exceptional in all things, why do other countries -- almost without exception -- decide our governmental structure isn't really for them, when it comes time to choose?