I've written before on the gratitude immigrants especially should have toward America.  Priscilla at The Happy Mean expresses her own immigrant gratitude and presents a moving example of another successful immigrant.  Priscilla does reproach this success story for his failure to express appreciation for American generosity and practices.    Priscilla's website seeks to be a unique concoction of the ideals of classical political philosophy and practical suggestions on how to fight contemporary Islamic terrorism.  She knows something of this from her native Philippines.