TH Mag Exclusive: Back-to-School Patriotism

TH Mag Exclusive: Back-to-School Patriotism

Editor’s Note: This exclusive back-to-school piece from Bill Bennett first appeared in the September 2009 issue of Townhall magazine. Click here to subscribe and get a free copy of Glenn Beck’s new book, “Arguing With Idiots.”

Whether we choose to acknowledge it or not, American history is an irreversible force, ever-progressing and changing the course of human history. Within the past five years alone, America established the first modern democratic state in the Middle East and elected the first African-American president in history. Yet, as students made their way back into America’s classrooms this fall, studies show that our...