Just in time for the fireworks, Gallup reports that the share of Americans that are “extremely proud” of America is down to 54%. It was 58% when America elected its First Black President (H/T PJMedia). So what went wrong? Really, what's amazing is that extreme pride in America remains as high as 54%. That's why I want a president who's a rootin' tootin' unashamed booster of America and Americanism. Someone like the Irish-American, George M. Cohan, the Yankee Doodle Dandy supposedly born on the Fourth of July. Or the Jewish-American Irving Berlin, author of  “God Bless America.” The program of a president born on the Fourth of July would boil down to this: America is the best country in the world. The American people are the best people in the world. America must have the best economy in the world. In other words, the nation state is a Good Thing. A national demos is a Good Thing. A thriving economy, open to...(Read Full Article)