My Generation Needs to Do National Service

“The cynic might say young people are just too lazy to act on all those good intentions. I’d say we just need a push in the right direction,” writes Elias Wachtel. (Photo by Anda Chu/MediaNews Group/*The Mercury News* via Getty Images)

Young people would appreciate America a lot more if we stopped acting like tourists in our own country.

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