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Patriotism and Entitlement

A steady diet of the same America-condemning negativism is fed to Americans.
Patriotism and Entitlement
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Mark Hendrickson
Mark Hendrickson
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Two intriguing surveys with profound implications were published in July. One dealt with patriotism, the other with the attitude of entitlement. Let’s start with patriotism.

Mark Hendrickson
Mark Hendrickson
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Mark Hendrickson is an economist who retired from the faculty of Grove City College in Pennsylvania, where he remains fellow for economic and social policy at the Institute for Faith and Freedom. He is the author of several books on topics as varied as American economic history, anonymous characters in the Bible, the wealth inequality issue, and climate change, among others.