Sunday, December 22, 2024

Tag: American exceptionalism

The surprising pervasiveness of American arrogance

We Americans are all beneficiaries of exceptionalism, even those of us who decry its corrosive impact.

American exceptionalism on full display

Why this country might want to lower its expectations.

The United States is exceptional

But not in the ways any of us should want.

The deathly tragedy of American exceptionalism

So who and what’s to blame for the worst avoidable loss of life in American history?

American exceptionalism is killing the planet

The many abuses of endless war.

We-are-not-them exceptionalism

The making of a lost generation.

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