I've had this uneasy sense for a few years now, and my latest around the world trip reinforced my feeling that something is wrong about America.  On that later, but first, what is right about my country. When it comes to most of the important things in life, the USA is #1 Our economy is probably the best today of all our competitors. In  Gross National Product/year . #1 at $20.5 trillion.  China #2 $13.6 trillion and Japan #3 $5.0 trillion. However, and this a warning, with respect to Gross National Income/year, the U.S. is only #8 at $77,530.  #1 Norway at $118,440, Qatar #2 $110,640 and Singapore #3 $107,030. China has an inflation rate of 0.2%, France 2.2%, South Korea 2.4, Euro Area 2.5%, Japan 2.8%, Canada 2.9% and the USA at 3.0% are the  lowest.  India 5.08%, Russia 8.6% and Argentina 272%. We are far ahead in medals won at all the summer olympics, and have prevailed on how many times we were #1:  18, compared to  the Soviet Union ( Russia ...

  It was Patrick Henry who said,   Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death . The decline of Joe Biden and resurrection of Donald Trump could well signal the end of July 4 as you know it.  This is our nation's 248th birthday, and next year could well be Year One of America as a Dictatorship.  The Supreme Court gave our president permission to assassinate anyone who threatens him.  Henry's statement now has a double meaning. Gone will be: Land of the free, home of the brave. Born free. Freedom. Patriotism. The Constitution. Independence. Integrity. United. Happiness Heritage. Remembrance. Dignity. Honor. The night July 4 is sparkling because of fireworks.  CNN begins its annual  The Fourth in America  special with an all-star musical lineup which I don't recognize and fireworks across the country from 7PM ET to 1AM.  In their initial list, Keith Urban, sure, but: Kesha, Bebe Rexha, The Kid LAROI, The Killers, The Goo Goo Dolls, Kane Brown, T-Pain, Bl...

Politics later.  I first start with something startling.   Hawaii is the best place in the world to watch the total eclipse of the Moon tonight . Starts at 10:02PM Hawaii time, turns blood red at 12:16PM, stays this dark reddish-copper color for 85 minutes, and ends at 3:46AM.  Duration:  5 hours, 42 minutes. And you can watch without wearing any safety glasses, which are required for solar eclipses. You would think that New York, which is now 5 hours ahead of Hawaii, would end at 8:36 AM when the sun would have been up for 2 hours.  But eclipses don't work that way.  For New York: Begins at 3:02 AM. Peaks at 5:59AM. Ends at 6:41AM, with the sun rising just before at 6:35AM Duration:  3 hours, 39 minutes. Thus, Hawaiians will see the whole lunar eclipse longer than anyone else. The next total eclipse will occur on 14March2025. No one won the  Powerball $1.6 billion  Saturday night. You needed to have white balls 28,45,53,56 and 69, plus ...