Love of Country, Love of Education

David Brooks, writing eloquently in the New York Times, mused on the idea of big loves and little loves in a recent Memorial Day column. It resonated powerfully for me during this five-week period between that holiday and the Fourth of July, when we have an opportunity to pay homage to those who founded this nation and those who have given their full measure in defense of the American ideal.

This seems especially important in this presidential election year where cynicism and idealism seem literally to be at war.

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