This was a serious speech, well-suited to the audience at a military academy. For the election, I’d like to hear a wider vision of service than government (or nonprofit, for that matter) work, and more emphasis on the inalienable rights that governments are constituted to secure.
In that vein, I express Memorial Day tribute to draftees who did not volunteer to fight, but died while obeying the nation’s summons to the best of their ability.
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BB, one quibble with your worthwhile post:
…an exotic multi-racial, multi-cultural future that repels and frightens many Americans even as it attracts many others.
IMO PC multiculturalism discards fundamental and exceptional aspects of America. I’m very worried that those essential principles may not be transmitted to future generations. If the principles are transmitted, I’m not overly concerned with the racial particulars of Americans who embody them. On the other hand, if the principles are discarded, the country’s ethnic makeup is irrelevant to me except insofar as it affects my narrowest personal convenience.
