Let’s not sugarcoat it: We have problems. We see communists elected to positions of authority in New York City, Los Angeles, Denver, and Washington, D.C. Polls show that many Democrats today appear to hate America more than they hate red meat, AR15s, and testosterone. Yet we also have the fresh experience of World Cup fans from around the world arriving in our great country and being knocked out by how impressive it is. And it is a great country.
But the question is: Can it be greater?
We’re not like any other country on Earth. We descend from people who left the relative comfort of their homelands to carve out a new kind of nation from a wild continent full of tornadoes, vast deserts, and fierce, warlike savages (That’s not a diss to Native Americans; it’s a recognition that those tough warriors were worthy foes, and their later service in the U.S. military is legendary.)The future is bright. We will go farther, faster, and better than ever before. On this 250th anniversary of the United States of America, choose to be an optimist like the pioneers who faced far greater challenges and walked west anyway. Celebrate America's quarter-millennial birthday by declaring your independence from traitors, losers, and doom-mongers by being unapologetically American.