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On the Fourth of July we celebrate the United States as an exceptional country — at least, we used to.

As the first words of the Constitution indicate, this country is "We the People." Because I love my country, I want us to be better.

As I live streamed the inauguration, I was immediately struck by the weight of such a public ritual, of its symbolism and significance.

Today, I know people from all sides of the political spectrum and from many different faiths. In this heated election season, it's been quite tempting to take sides and write off people as racist or sexist, but my own history won't let me do that so easily.

We Americans are so full of ourselves that we can't see the hole into which we are about to fall.

This Independence Day I'm grateful that my ancestors came to America on the Mayflower; fleeing religious persecution for the freedoms of worship and personal conscience.