When I edit my students, I say, 'This is good work, but it could be better!' That is the progressive view of America: 'This is a great country, BUT it could be better.' We make it better by caring for each other, and by by caring for the planet we live on. Progressivism is not doctrinaire, it is rooted in pragmatism. Not wedded to an idea, but, 'How can we make things better?'

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