There are only three reasons to think the works of Tolkien offer a favorable analogy for white American nationalism:

Ignorance, Malice, or Cynicism.

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Do I still believe that America is good? Or are the stories I tell myself about America just made-up stories, someone else’s stories, that I absorbed because they were shouted at me long enough and loudly enough? Time to answer these questions with my own eyes and ears, through the quintessential American philosophy of pragmatism.

Our old stories need new voices. They need people who will shout them and embrace the power that they have to inspire and change and hold us accountable to one another.

Stories of America is a commitment – a recommitment – to tell these old stories again.