at the university of chicago and now with us in washington, amy kass at the hudson institute and leon kasshe american surprise institute. without further ado, amy kass. [applause] >> thank you. n everybody hear me? at one point in his essay, theodore roosevelt asserts that americans who choose to live in europe never really become europeans, only cease becoming americans and become nothing. over a century later i a class at the university of chicago, i saw roosevelt's assertion turned upside down. st a few weeks after 9/11, on the first day of my course on human being and citizen, i began by asking the 28 eager freshman to identify themselves by name and say a few words about who they were. the following ensued. student one, "i'm a and i'm korean-american." student two, "i'm b, and i'm hispanic-american." student three, "i'm c, and i'm catholic-american" and so it went until one student said, "i'm q, and, well, well, i'm just american, which i guess means i'm nothing." his classmates silencely but sympathettically concurred. familiar with the posturing of other graduates, i would usually h