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January 17, 2020

The Khizr Khan Craziness

January 17, 2020/ Andy Zehner
The Khizr Khan Craziness

Waving a pocket copy of the Constitution in the air like it was a magic token is weird. It doesn’t matter so much if the words “domestic tranquility” are written down somewhere. What matters is whether domestic tranquility actually exists on the streets across the country.

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Constitution, constitution, Democrats, muslim, patriotic, preamble, Khizr Khan

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A Citizen's Syllabus

“A truly robust civic education must encompass the full suite of aptitudes necessary for good citizenship. These include a grasp of the history and theory of democracy . . . and critical reasoning skills that help to distinguish true information from false. Other vital elements in good citizenship: a commitment to values such as tolerance and equality that provide standards against which to hold policymakers and policies to account, and a disposition directed toward cooperation and action.”

Johns Hopkins University President Ronald Daniels


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