Paul Carrese is a professor at the School of Civic & Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University. He also serves as the Jack Miller Center’s Senior Fellow for Civic Thought and Leadership. He is the author of several books, including Teaching America: Reflective Patriotism in Schools, College, and Culture.
To address our civic disintegration, we must reprioritize a civics of reflective patriotism: grateful for America, while perpetually questioning and arguing.