Love it Or Leave It, a pin expressing pro war sentiments during the Vietnam War, featuring an image of the American flag and suggesting that those who protest against America should leave the country, ...

Another Fourth of July is here and our “patriotism” will proudly be on display. Patriotism, however, is not just about wearing flag pins, jingoistic bumper stickers, dutifully reciting the Pledge, ...

I consider myself a patriot. When asked my religion, I answer "the Constitution, particularly the Bill of Rights." And these days, amid virulent partisan politics, I turn for a definition of ...

Two hundred and fifty years after a motley band of patriots battled the British at Lexington and Concord, a bitter fight continues to rage over who exactly is a patriot. To be sure, one person’s ...

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Here’s one thumbnail assessment of how this deeply divided country clashes on the concept of patriotism: Today’s political right enthusiastically defines it by the combative standards of nationalism — ...

In a “Free Speech” segment on the CBS Evening News, Rush Limbaugh attacked unnamed critics who are “not interested in victory” over what he termed “Islamofascism” and who do not conform to his ...

Today, we have a democracy and a Constitution that have allowed people to live by the rule of law for 235 years. Up to this point, we have defined patriotism as defending this system and treason as ...

According to the Republican Party there is a new definition of American patriotism. You have to be for or against the following issues in order of importance: 1. Hate America, 2) love Russia, 3) love ...

Many of us believed and it has been confirmed by too many sources not to believe that the Bush Administration deceived the American public into supporting our invasion of Iraq. They took advantage of ...

To the editor: As I awoke the morning of July Fourth I found myself reflecting upon the meaning of patriotism. While the dictionary definition is “love of country,” this love of country is better ...