We media types obsess about America's problems.
But we should acknowledge that today, life in America is better than life has been anywhere, ever.
For most of history, the norm was hunger, disease, illiteracy, slavery and war.
"America will never be a socialist country!" says President Donald Trump.
When there's crime, I blame the criminal.
The Constitution's First Amendment protects free speech for good reason.
If people can't say what they want, we don't have honest debate.
I was relieved when Donald Trump, campaigning for the presidency, said, "If we don't have free speech, then we just don't have a free country!"
When Mike Ricci wanted to buy his daughter a puppy, he discovered that in his state, "There were pet stores but none that sell puppies (or kittens)."
Have you heard how young people suffer now?
Scroll TikTok, Instagram, etc., you see the same message: "Young people today can't get ahead!"
One popular meme says when baby boomers like me were young, "A family could own a home, a car and send their kids to college, all on one income."
When I was a kid, childhood meant playing on the street, riding my bike, hanging out with friends.
The federal government owns about a third of America.
"Mental health is declining," says psychologist Jonathan Haidt.
I am addicted!
To my phone.
I check an email and before I realize it, I'm watching TikTok videos: lions fight hyenas, military dads reunite with kids, athletes do amazing things ...
I live in New York City. "Proud Democratic Socialist" Zohran Mamdani is likely to be my next mayor.
Americans like licenses. People think they make us safer.
We license drivers.
We license dogs.
Capitalism gets a lot of hate.
I expect it from the left. They blame free markets for racism, "horrifying inequality" and even, according to Economist Joseph Stiglitz, "accelerating climate change."
Environmental groups are now rich.
In 2020 (the most recent data available), they collected $8 billion in donations.
$8 billion!
