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JONAH GOLDBERG: America was more of a mess at bicentennial than today

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JONAH GOLDBERG: America was more of a mess at bicentennial than today

If all you do is cherry-pick the good while blinding yourself to the bad, you're not studying the past.

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As we approach the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, America is in a pretty foul mood and I understand why. For starters, Washington is broken, prices are high and rising and AI is scaring the stuffing out of people.

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