On our 250th, fight to save this Republic from socialist madness

1.On the 250thby Mike Solana, Editor-in-ChiefIt’s been 250 years.

250 years of blood and stone and steel, of the frontier, from California to the moon, of farmland and towers and Hollywood.Of trains and planes and baseball.

Of gold.Of silicon.

Of the Ivy League.It’s been 250 years of war for freedom and for peace, and of fireworks on the Fourth of July.

We built the greatest nation in history: an optimistic, idealistic empire of liberty, and abundance.But our Founders always said it was an experiment, and lately — we all feel it — the vibes are off.

The United States as originally framed, instantiated in concepts of freedom, which came with a duty to, you know, improve things, is largely vanished, as half the country pushes for socialism and the other half sleepwalks through the Trump years thinking we solved all our problems with country music and giant American flags.Meanwhile, a third of the country just got here, tens of millions of whom show no interest in actually becoming American.

State capacity is paralyzed in almost every national metro, and the industry holding our entire economy on its back is under threat from an increasingly bipartisan war on innovation.We have a lot to celebrate, but also a lot of work ahead of us.

Franklin said we had a Republic, if we could keep it.So enjoy the weekend, and rest up.

But be aware of where we are, centuries later, exactly where we started.We fight for this, or we lose everything.

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