America’s 250th birthday inspired one helluva party, from a national outpouring of flag-waving patriots to a glorious parade of tall ships in New York Harbor.
From sea to shining sea, the festivities were bolstered by a timely and unprecedented World Cup pandemonium, with the excitement multiplied by tens of thousands of global visitors cheering on their teams.
Alas, the morning-after headache is a doozy.
Our national soccer team crashed and burned on its path to glory and the return of politics-as-usual marks a dramatic comedown from the celebratory highs of the long and very special weekend.
Before the excitement is forgotten, decency compels us to remember the many expressions of joyful pride and what they tell us about our grand nation, and its unique contribution to the entire human race.
The vast majority of Americans, to the chagrin of the political left and their media handmaidens, do indeed love their country.
They are deeply proud, and not at all ashamed, of how we got to the top of the heap and how we stay there.
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