Why American Exceptionalism Is Different From Other Countries' "Nationalisms"
Mobs are toppling statues of American heroes. America and America’s past are on trial. People are protesting and rioting over the very ideas of what America stands for. The future of the country depends on what Americans do next. It depends on how Americans answer some direct, but not so simple, questions: Who are we as Americans? What does it mean to be American? The Meaning of the American Founding To answer these questions, we have to start with the American founding. It gave America its ethos, its characteristic spirit and culture.