Welcome to America’s 243rd Birthday. Two hundred-43. That’s pretty old for a country that acts the
way we do. By the standards of nationhood, that’s actually about middle age.
We’re supposed to
know the difference between right and wrong… just and unjust… equal opportunity…
equal rights.
Do we? We’re supposed to
be the ultimate experiment both in healthy competition and healthy
collaboration. Are we?
The ship of state has been taking on water for a few decades
now, and no one’s volunteering for bailing duty. That’s okay. Someone else will take care of it.
The
government! No. Private enterprise! No.
The guy next door! No. All of the above?
Yes.
Back in the days when we were just emerging as a world power,
someone came up with this question: “What have you done to preserve, protect
and perpetuate Americanism today?”
Well? What have we?
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