This weekend, America’s 250th birthday deserves an explosive, unapologetic national celebration. Apparently, though, many of those fortunate enough to call this country home won’t be joining the party.

Our American Heritage

What the Signers of the Declaration Sacrificed

Amy Coney Barrett v. the Online Mob

In recent weeks, celebrities and political figures have offered predictable twaddle about America’s supposed wickedness. Robert De Niro, evoking a senile Travis Bickle, equated modern patriotism with domestic violence: “I hate to say it, but loving our country is starting to sound like an abused spouse saying they love their abuser.” Joy Reid derided Independence Day as a “celebration of slaveholders.” And Gavin Newsom declared, “The Founding Fathers did not live and die for this moment. I can’t celebrate July 4th.”

Such negativity isn’t simply a luxury belief. A slew of new polls have shown widespread public pessimism toward America and its future. Would the signers of the........

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