Rachel Elizabeth Lopez (Drexel): The Judicial Expansion of American Exceptionalism. Hershey H. Friedman and Miriam Gerstein (Brooklyn) and Paul Fenster (Kean): American Exceptionalism or Declinism: Lessons in Leadership and Ethics from the Twelve “Minor” Prophets. Jason Edwards (Bridgewater State): Exceptionally Distinctive: President Obama's Complicated Articulation of American Exceptionalism. John Holbo on American exceptionalism, a double-edged word. Peter Beinart on the end of American exceptionalism: The attitudes they say make America special — religiosity, patriotism, and mobility — are fading, and it has nothing to do with Barack Obama. Christopher Ingraham on eight surprising new findings on American exceptionalism. Winthrop's warning: Rosa Brooks on how politicians and pundits misread “city on a hill” and butcher the real meaning of American exceptionalism. Brook Wilensky-Lanford on the dangerous lies we tell about America's founding: Myths may comfort us, but facts are our best weapon against Tea Party perversions. Tea Party’s embarrassing irony: Elias Isquith on how its ideal nation rejects basic American beliefs. Andrew C. McCarthy reviews American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation's Character by Diana West. John Gray on the moral philosophy of Captain America. The instinct to applaud boot-strapping and the comeback kid is as American as apple pie — so why does schadenfreude make us feel so good? The mobility myth: James Surowiecki on the American dream and American reality. Chris Wallace on the winner-takes-all society: Competition drives our sports, our arts, and our lives — it doesn't need to be that way. Derek Thompson on the myth that Americans are busier than ever. Americhrome: Graham T. Beck on how America elects to paint itself.
