The celebration of Independence Day calls into question the state of American patriotism. The firework displays were grand, but this is not a reliable indicator. Patriotism has many enemies that stem from social ills and special interests versus the good of the country as a whole.
NEW YORK, JULY 7
What is the temperature of U.S. patriotism? everybody, it seems, was asking over the weekend. The curiosity is conventional. How good are we in comparison to our fathers, how good were they in ...