There it was in the most Manichean terms: “American,” which is good and patriotic and right ... Our honoring of fallen soldiers returned from foreign conflicts has become much more theatrical ...

Most American soldiers have fought and died in our wars because they wished to defend and serve their country (i.e., because of their patriotism), and these wars have sometimes resulted in the ...

The very first songs I ever bought on the Apple iTunes store for my second-generation iPod Nano were Toby Keith's "Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue" and "American Soldier." The two songs have ...