An alert reader writes to recommend Fourth of July thoughts from "citizen-by-choice" Kim du Toit. Excerpt:
As I once told a fellow immigrant who was yet to settle here: “The central promise of this nation has been achieved. Everyone can vote; everyone has the same opportunities to live free and make something of themselves, and is bounded only by his talent and application. We’re only arguing over the details, now.”And this is where the problems start. People often laugh at me when I refer to America as “Paradise”. How can that be, they ask, when there is so much wrong with this country?
Here’s the newsflash: There isn’t much wrong with this country.
In fact, the biggest problem we face is that a tremendous number of people either do not believe this, or are intent on subverting it for a variety of motives, or both.
Of course, you should read the whole thing.
Posted by Alan at July 4, 2007 08:00 PM