I followed a link from On the Third Hand to this article by an American immigrant about 10 things to celebrate about America. I was really getting into it - I thought it was quite good and there was not a thing in it I could disagree with. So imagine my shock when I got to the byline and discovered that the author was Dinesh D'Souza, a person I have heartily despised for his anti-affirmative action writings! But I still say this is a brilliant article and well worth reading. Interesting, too, is the fact that he actually uses the existence of affirmative action to bolster one of his arguments about the goodness of America, merely mentioning that it is "controversial". Such elegant understatement! Well, I never thought I would be recommending the writing of a renowned right-winger, but they say if you live long enough . . . .