Harriet Hageman: “So, right now, you don't know what their position is?”

I hope that by focusing on America’s 250th anniversary – and looking back over that history with honesty and accuracy — we will reverse these declines.

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

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

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.