Patriotism is love of country, but the Left hates people who love their country. Especially if that country is America. If you express noisy love for Castro's Cuba, liberals have no problem with you. But if you love Amerika… no.  Self-esteem is love of self. It has pros and cons. You can have too much or too little, and after the liberal education establishment decided to disconnect self-esteem from actual achievement, chances are that you now have way too much. You've lost one of the great truths of real life, and as a result of your narcissism you will have to suffer, or make other people suffer, or both. We have seen a president of the United States with too much self-esteem, and a recent Democratic candidate who lost an election and still can't figure out why. Their self-esteem is disconnected from their actual virtues, skills, and achievements.  The social psychologist Roy Baumeister has spent many years studying people with high and low...(Read Full Article)