Last week, Charles M. Blow of the New York Times penned a piece in which he cited new data from the Pew Research Center indicating that less than a majority of Americans believe in the notion of American exceptionalism.
That term requires some definition, particularly on a website whose name includes it.
I define American exceptionalism as Whole Foods cofounder and CEO [...]

Today, we will join around our dinner tables with family to celebrate and give thanks. We will enjoy our turkey and togetherness with traditions passed down by the pilgrims from the first Thanksgiving, which they shared with their Native American neighbors. We love knowing that this is the same way the pilgrims celebrated centuries ago. [...]

Thanksgiving is tomorrow and turkey preparations are in full swing.
I wonder if the turkey had been chosen as the symbol of our country, as Ben Franklin originally proposed, would we still be eating them as the centerpiece of our Thanksgiving day feast?
Writing from France on January 26, 1784 to his daughter Sally (Mrs. Sarah [...]

Thanksgiving is about the bounty of this great land, and the plenty that ingenious and hard-working people have been able to create. With this plenty, America has saved the world from two world wars, invented medicines, technology and production techniques that have lifted living standards massively.
Other countries have smart people that have done good things. [...]

This week we celebrate Veterans Day. Most Americans appreciate the sacrifice of every Veteran to protect our freedom, but don’t really understand the holiday. Let’s take a look at what Veterans Day is really all about.
The date itself gives people a little bit of confusion. November 11th was chosen to remember Veterans who served their [...]

Last week, we took a look at some Mayflower myths. Once the Pilgrims landed, though, they inspired many myths of their own. Let’s take a look and see which facts are really true.
We all picture the same thing when we hear the word “pilgrim,” and this starts in the classroom. Traditional
Thanksgiving decorations show pilgrims dressed [...]

I received an email this morning from an organization called GuideStar. They publish information for and about non-profit organizations online, making some (but not most) of it available at no charge. Before they arrived, there was very little financial information on non-profits available to people who didn’t have the time and patience to request it [...]

In schools, many teachers teach lessons about pilgrims and the original settlers of the British Colonies here in America. Some of them aren’t exactly true, though, starting with a couple of stories about the Mayflower.
The first myth is about the passengers on the Mayflower, who people seem to think were mostly old men. This probably [...]