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The New Old Glory
Loewen, James | May 20, 2002 issue

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This article presents information on the book "America: A Patriotic Primer," by Lynne Cheney. Cheney begins this forty-page children's book with a textbook example of ethnocentrism. But then, this book isn't aimed at adult readers. It's not intended to be thought about. It may not even be intended to be read but merely to be waved, for it includes no fewer than 120 different images of the Stars and Stripes, from front cover to back. Perhaps the empty nationalism in "A Patriotic Primer" does more good than harm. Taking America's founding ideals seriously, former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln brought the rights of man back to life in a nation that was not letting them influence public policy.

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BOOKS; CHENEY, Lynne V.; LINCOLN, Abraham, 1809-1865; EX-presidents; NATIONALISM; AMERICA: A Patriotic Primer (Book); UNITED States
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