Cultural confidence and its close ally, morality, define the character and, ultimately, the longevity of nations, whose average historical life is 245 years, which, ironically, is almost exactly America's age [1]. A 2017 Gallup poll that found 81 percent of Americans believe that our state of moral values is fair or poor.  Social conservatives tend to believe we're in a moral decline, but this poll found that 71 percent of social liberals concur [2]. The Assyrian, Babylonian, and Roman Empires, and the Yuan and Ming Dynasties in the East, are perfect examples of once powerful regimes that incrementally succumbed to antagonistic influences that led to their demise.  The precursor to their decline can be traced to internal cultural decay, the fraying of civic institutions, and the resulting decline in their societies' collective resilience. That is the equivalent of suppressing our immune system, which makes a nation more susceptible to embracing...(Read Full Article)