On this Independence Day, America’s politicians on both sides of the political aisle ought to be thinking more about this country as a whole – what is best for this wonderful free land – than mostly about their party, their party’s agenda or the friction they might harbor and encourage against those with whom they disagree.

But can they muster such a spirit of patriotism – what in a different time might seem inevitable? This year, probably not, amid the rampant divisiveness that haunts the halls of their governmental responsibilities.

The nation’s founders, if they today were able to watch happenings in Washington, D.C, even for 24 hours, would most likely express disgust and no-confidence over what America-based divisiveness they would witness. A day cannot go by without nauseating rhetoric over how someone in or around power or powerful interests is hellbent on destroying America.

Back in the 1700s, when America was in its formative years,........

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