From England, the view of the states is much clearer than the one enjoyed by us -- our faces stuffed into Old Glory like hostages' noses pressed up against a chloroform-saturated hanky.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 07.05.2008 | Home
Heaven only knows what black Denver singer Rose Marie was thinking when she stood at the microphone and belted out the lyrics of the black national ...
Steve Anderson | Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics
Compared to most politicians today, the guys who wrote this, which started our whole experiment in democracy, were fire-breathing radicals. Today, it...
Chris Weigant | Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics
Flag lapel pins are all the rage these days, but the battle over wearing the flag is older than you may have thought.
Tom Gregory | Posted 07.04.2008 | Media
Times may change but he American Flag remains undaunted, ready to solicit a tear of joy, surge of pride, or a blast of an anthem at her spot-lit presence.
Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics
How many column inches has been devoted to whether Obama is patriotic enough, if a war record is on or off limits, and what the love of country truly means. Is anyone in government today truly patriotic?
Katrina vanden Heuvel | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics
I experienced a surge of hope after the most nationally inclusive race for president in US history. It was that hope that moved me to write a manifesto about how to invigorate our democracy.
Byron Williams | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics
Patriotism has been reduced to wearing flag lapel pins and adorning bumper stickers that read: "I Support the Troops." Where is the courage that exemplifies the spirit of 1776?
Huffington Post | Sean Morrow | Posted 07.03.2008 | Entertainment
Happy 4th of July from HuffPost! Enjoy sitting at your computer indoors watching thematic videos if you're not outside spending the 4th of July weeken...
Michael Russnow | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics
Whatever you think about the war in Iraq or how we got there, suggesting that those who are in opposition are less than patriotic is irrational and undemocratic.
Larisa Alexandrovna | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics
Jonah Goldberg continues to demonstrate how the right-wing is manipulating public discourse in order to confuse and conflate patriotism with rabid nationalism.
Taii K. Austin | Posted 07.01.2008 | Entertainment
The kind of patriotism the Olympics brings out in us can be a healthy commercial break in the general mundanity of the average American lifestyle.
Bob Franken | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics
Can we just stipulate that each of the candidates devoutly loves this country, since there's no way to disprove otherwise? Slimy rumormongering just won't cut it.
Ari Melber | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics
Republicans have been twisting Wes Clark's mundane observation that McCain's experience "getting shot down" in a fighter plane is not a "qualification to be president."
Greg Mitchell | Posted 06.26.2008 | Media
The new TIME includes pieces written by both Barack Obama and John McCain, along with the main story by columnist Peter Beinart.
Ray Hanania | Posted 06.16.2008 | Politics
Apparently for many people, "patriotism" and "being an American" is all about anger more than it is about pride. I say that as a casual observation. ...
Gary Hart | Posted 06.16.2008 | Politics
Here's a modest proposal: all of us who support Barack Obama for president should now wear flag pins. This will signal that we are all just as patriotic as anyone on the right.
Paul Peete | Posted 06.13.2008 | Home
This is going to be a white-hot, bitterly contested election cycle, and even though the McCain campaign has forsworn dirty tactics, the 527s and right wing blogs and rumor mills will rush to attack Michelle Obama. But a word of caution is warranted: "Those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones."
Harold Pollack | Posted 06.02.2008 | Politics
Whatever Kristol means, he is fighting a culture war that ended many years ago. There is no ideological or partisan divide when it comes to caring about Americans in harm's way.
Tom Doctoroff | Posted 05.29.2008 | Politics
I was graciously invited to be a torch bearer for the Beijing games. It was difficult not to be moved by the participants' emotional release and spectators' unity of ambition.
Chris Weigant | Posted 05.26.2008 | Politics
There is an American flag flying in front of my house today. I am not right-wing, I am not pro-war, I am not making a political statement of any kind...
Harold Pollack | Posted 05.21.2008 | Politics
Jason Fry, 24, of West Virginia prefers "a full-blooded American" like John McCain to Barack Obama, but Fry does not understand the animating spirit of our diverse democracy.
Tom Doctoroff | Posted 05.19.2008 | Politics
Ironically, Olympic glory, always threatened by braggadocio, may be delivered by disaster. Can anyone not be touched by a nation resolved to overcome woe and stand up again?
Greg Mitchell | Posted 05.18.2008 | Media
Kathleen Parker ignores the fact that Obama is half-white, is related (god help us) to Dick Cheney, and can trace his family back as far as McCain in America -- to George Washington, even.
Lulu Mickelson | Posted 05.17.2008 | Politics
The election may not be what inspires you, but each of us can find something that we love about America that transcends its imperfections, each of us can live by our own definitions of patriotism.
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Steven Weber | Posted 07.13.2008 | Politics