Pastoral Resources

It is a paradox that far too few Americans participate in the wonderful ritual of democracy that we call Election Day.

Really, the potential for, first of all, any college graduate today is enormously good. These are good times for anyone with a college degree today, particularly African Americans. With a college degree today, you really breach the unemployment rate.

Americans are somehow obsessed with her, and something about me hit a spot with people in Japan.

As problems like identity theft become more prevalent, now more than ever, Americans need to take their financial health seriously - and this information is of the utmost importance.

However, the Administration's plan to privatize Social Security will undermine retirement security for all Americans by cutting guaranteed benefits by more than 40 percent, and risky private accounts won't make up for the loss of benefits for millions of Americans.

At their core, Americans all want the same basic things: a quality education for their children, a good job so they can provide for their families, healthcare and affordable prescription drugs, security during retirement, a strongly equipped military and national security.

It seems that American patriotism measures itself against an outcast group. The right Americans are the right Americans because they're not like the wrong Americans, who are not really Americans.

If ignorance paid dividends, most Americans could make a fortune out of what they don't know about economics.

It almost seems that nobody can hate America as much as native Americans. America needs new immigrants to love and cherish it.

Well, there's nothing strange about Americans as a whole. But, Angelinos are different!

Americans are fascinated by their own love of shopping. This does not make them unique. It's just that they have more to buy than most other people on the planet. And it's also an affirmation of faith in their country.

Though race-related issues continue to occupy a significant portion of our political discussion, and though there remain many unresolved racial issues in this nation, we, average Americans, simply do not talk enough with each other about things racial.

My own family and thousands of other Japanese Americans were interned during World War II. It took our nation over 40 years to apologize.

There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy, especially in Presidents. Those are prayer and fishing.

Americans can pretty much sing anything, whereas foreign singers are often limited in style, language, even composer.

The hate and scorn showered on us Negro officers by our fellow Americans convinced me that there was no sense in my dying for a world ruled by them. I made up my mind that if I got through this war I would study law and use my time fighting for men who could not strike back.

We won't just automatically click our heels and follow the Americans.

Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies.

The fact is, my friends, most Americans don't want more government. They want less government.

The middle class is teetering on the brink of collapse just as surely as AIG was in the fall of 2009 - only this time, it's not just one giant insurance company (and its banking counterparties) facing disaster, it's tens of millions of hardworking Americans who played by the rules.