Prevailing Winds "For the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is there is freedom . . ." 2 Cor. 3:17, TNIV

I’ve just read “The True Patriot,” a manifesto for a progressive patriotism that reflects love of country and respect for its traditions through the lens of economic equality, societal tolerance, and community service. There’s much in it to recommend and very little I’d quibble with. The authors, Eric Liu and Nick Hanauer, are two young men who have put together a manifesto for right communitarian living. The book features the Declaration of Independence, Dr. King’s address at the 1963 civil rights march on Washington, a pointed observation from Susan B. Anthony, and other examples of the very best the United States of America has to offer. It deserves to be as widely read and discussed as possible, and I’d encourage you to pick up a copy. Especially if, like me, you’re appalled at the idea that the problems of the poor have much to do with their sinful envy of the rich, not the injustices that often trap them. Perhaps I ought to send a copy to the hearty men of chest at Anselm House . . .