“God has a special providence for fools, drunkards, and the United States of America.” Otto von Bismarck.

To my compatriots, on independence day (I am in Colorado where it’s still the 4th): let us hope it is forever thus. Our experiment was always improbable and by rights we should have perished a million times.  And yet we’re still here.
Be not afraid.  Go out and be Americans as hard as you can. Now and every day.