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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