'the Purpose-driven Life' Is Not Just A

We're All Better Off...when We're All Better Off.

Here's A Proposal, Offered Only Partly In Jest: No Resident Of The United States, Whether Born Here Or Abroad, Should Get To Be A Citizen Until Age 18, At Which Time Each Such Resident Has To Take A Test.

At The Heart Of Our Public Morality Is The Idea That He Who Gives Generously Is Most Virtuous And Morally Praiseworthy; That There Is No Greater Citizen Than She Who Sacrifices; And That There Is No Greater Measure Of Worth Than Contribution. These Are Values We Can Be Proud Of. After All, There Is No Moral System Or Religion On Earth Where The Guiding Ethic Is Grab More For Yourself.

America Is Exceptional: But Because It Yields The Likes Of Obama, Not The Likes Of Bush.

The Strongest Streak In The American Character Is A Fierce Pragmatism That Mistrust Blind Ideology Of Every Stripe And Insists On Finding What Really Works.