Harriet Hageman: “They're very backwards people. I kind of look at them like flat-Earthers. They're very backwards people in the way that…”

We must stop pretending that America is just an idea, or that we have no shared culture worth fighting for.

The system is now becoming very, very stressed because California has not kept up with the infrastructure demands and needs of its citizens.

In Gallup’s 25-year patriotism survey, just 17 percent, or less than 1 in 5 American adults, reported that they were ‘very proud’ of being an American.

I am, in fact, optimistic that those festivities we’ve already enjoyed are currently inspiring a new sense of purpose in our national identity.