Here beyond men’s judgments all covenants were brittle.

I dont know what happens to country.

Patriotism is being convinced your country is better because you were born in it.

The Open Road goes to the used-car lot.

So much American science fiction is parochial — not as true now as it was years ago, but the assumption is one culture in the future, more or less like ours, and with the same...

[American exceptionalism] is a reaction to the inability of people to understand global complexity or important issues like American energy dependency. Therefore, they search for simplistic sources of comfort and clarity. And the people that...