Authentic Patriotism: How to Restore America's Ideals--Without Losing Our Tempers or Our Minds

Authentic Patriotism presents a provocative, inspiring account of our neglected American ideals and the people who are living them today.

Patriotism has become a loaded word: one that is wielded against people with whom we might disagree, or whose cultural origins don't match our own.

But our founding fathers--Washington, Jefferson, Adams, and others--saw patriotism as a dynamic force: an act of service, in an evolving nation that defined its purpose by offering all people a better way of li...