Dear Editor: I guess I am among the ranks of elitists that George Weigel was describing in his column (June 25).

I had been wondering about many of the issues he described. The unnecessary name calling and no sense of honor among the political leaders. I also wondered why we need to be identified into a sub-culture. We are all descendants from somewhere but eventually we all become Americans. Aren’t we all members of one country under God?

If we are to survive and be the great nation we all know and love, we need to unite and strive to uphold the values our forefathers and every solider fought so hard to preserve.

MARY THOMAS

Bay Ridge