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...liberal answer is, Not great enough. For liberals, America is less a common culture than a set of ideals about democracy, equality and the rule of law. American history is a chronicle of the distance between those ideals and reality. And American patriotism is the struggle to narrow the gap. Thus, patriotism isn't about honoring and replicating the past; it's about surpassing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The War Over Patriotism | 6/26/2008 | See Source »

...carry it were flooded with letters to the editor - and they were hardly in liberal bastions. In places like Augusta, Georgia, and Lubbock, Texas, people wrote in to criticize Thomas' attack on Obama. "To suggest that anyone is not a Christian because they do not adhere to Cal Thomas' narrow interpretation of what a Christian should believe," wrote one Texan, "is extremely intolerant, ignorant, and downright insulting." Barack Obama couldn't have said it any better himself, and this election year he may not have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Dobson's Obama Hit Backfiring? | 6/26/2008 | See Source »

...large crowd, which lined one of the world’s most prestigious fields, was far from disappointed. After witnessing a narrow 4-3 Harrow victory and a 4-0 win for Oxford, the Crimson seemed to have the match locked up, only to see the Bulldogs come storming back...

Author: By Madeleine I. Shapiro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Tops Yale in Historic Polo Match | 6/24/2008 | See Source »

SENATE: With 35 seats at stake, including five held by retiring Republicans, Democrats are looking to expand their narrow majority by as many as seven seats. Supercompetitive contests include races in Colorado, Minnesota and New Hampshire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Page | 6/19/2008 | See Source »

...Best Musical Two campy trifles (Cry-Baby and Xanadu) vs. two more adventurous, new-style musicals, Passing Strange and In the Heights. Both are worthy, but Heights, as the fuller theatrical experience, is my narrow choice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside the Mind of a Tony Voter | 6/14/2008 | See Source »

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