Daily Archives: 20 November 2006

20061120 If Not the Draft, Then What?

While I completely disagree with Representative Charlie Rangel’s call to reinstate the draft because of the obvious political and ideological reasons that motivated such a call, I cannot disagree that the United States would not benefit from a program to encourage Americans to serve their country and thereby gain a greater sense of what their nation is all about. Service to one’s nation is the greatest mark of citizenship as it gives the one who serves a sense of ownership in that nation. Continue reading

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