by John D. Pierce | Aug 17, 2021 | Opinion
My public school and religious education were taught through the lens of “American exceptionalism.” We were not only blessed, we learned; we were also special, which translated to privileged. I don’t recall learning about the Doctrine of Discovery and Manifest Destiny...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jan 8, 2018 | News
Feelings of “American exceptionalism” remain strong in the U.S., but the nation has become exceptional in “problematic ways,” according to Philip Alston, United Nations special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights. “Instead of...
by David McMillan | May 15, 2017 | Opinion
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson emphasized a distinction between policies and values in his May 3, 2017, address to State Department employees. “I think it’s important to also remember that guiding all of our foreign policy actions are our...
by Martin Marty (The Martin Marty Center: Sightings) | Mar 16, 2015 | Opinion
“Open your Bibles to the book of the Prophet Amos…” That sounds like a command from a Bible class of old. Instead, it’s a response to a column by a favorite of ours, William Galston, from the Feb. 24 Wall Street Journal. Quoting Amos may seem arcane...
by Vinoth Ramachandra | Sep 19, 2011 | Opinion
Ten years on, media commentary on 9/11 is legion, while other events, equally horrific, are quickly forgotten. Three days after the 9/11 attacks, Howard Zinn, the distinguished American historian and author of “A People’s History of the United...
