american culture
It it is repeated often: What we don't learn from history, we are doomed to repeat. History is available as a source for comprehending how we can change from making war to exploring peace.
Food has a special place in our hearts as Arabs, so Thanksgiving was the American holiday we most loved. Food symbolizes the essence of freedom, the ability to feed your family without fear.
We in the United States have a health care system that creates (rather than eases) burdens for those battling critical illness. We have it all backwards.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Is the death of an esteemed giant in American journalism less newsworthy than a second-tier celebrity wedding?
There is no question that Obama is repairing the perception of the U.S. throughout the world, but the stark reality is this: He is up against those who still want to make us smaller than we ever were throughout history.
Americans remain an optimistic lot. Across all ages, races, sex, location and economic background, Americans are expressing a sense that their individual and collective action can and will move the world forward in a positive way.
Consumerism is what they call a "totalizing system." It expands outward across the landscape and simultaneously into the individual's psyche. It must expand.
These birthers represent a small but vocal minority in this country who have somehow failed to grasp that American democracy is rooted in a set of principles, not a set of demographic characteristics.