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Monday, February 17, 2025

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Defining American Exceptionalism

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BY JOE CONASON The Fourth of July is the birthday of American exceptionalism – originally, the idea cherished by the nation’s Revolutionary founders that the practice of liberty, equality and democracy in these United States would kindle hope in a world downtrodden by every form of despotism, hierarchy and oppression. Independence Day marked the determination of a new and diverse people to throw off the old yoke of hereditary rule, with all its attendant traditions […]

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Arnold Hamilton
Arnold Hamilton
Arnold Hamilton became editor of The Observer in September 2006. Previously, he served nearly two decades as the Dallas Morning News’ Oklahoma Bureau chief. He also covered government and politics for the San Jose Mercury News, the Dallas Times Herald, the Tulsa Tribune and the Oklahoma Journal.