Overall excellent book with pragmatic comments on a wide array of topics. I gave it three stars for reasons I'll outline at the end, but first the good part. Mr. Daniels' love of country, community and church comes through strong and with passion and eloquence. He does not mince words. This leads me to believe he actually wrote most of it, and this is not the ghost-written pablum of many books. He richly mixes in both hometown and on the road experiences. I wish his views were more widely accepted. We'd be a better country if people practiced the kind of civility he advocates.

I gave it three stars because the book seems overly tilted towards Christians. I am Jewish, but otherwise share most of the writer's world view on patriotism and values. I almost felt as if pragmatic and sensible values and approaches were coextensive with being Christian. I wish I felt that his agreement and approval of me would be as strong as my overall approval of him. ( )