Since the Reagan era even so-called conservatives have euphorically championed the idea that anyone absolutely anyone can become American. In practice, this means that America amounts to little more than a set of civic convictions and ethnical principles that almost anyone can agree to. But this view of a nation is almost completely absent to scripture, world history, and the founding fathers. Nations are composed of a distinct people, occupying a distinct place and assimilation is not *merely* a matter of intellectual assent and enjoying apple pie. Tune in now as we discuss.