10 Things I Still Like About America

It’s not over.

I sometimes try to explain to the kids what it was like living through Peak America while you were in your Peak Youth. Imagine experiencing exuberantly triumphant America when this place enjoyed total worldwide dominance, while you personally were feeling no pain as a teenager, drunk on optimism and your certain immortality. If you had told me then that America would be over within in my lifetime it would have been like telling me I’d get old and die one day—inconceivable!

We never felt guilt or shame about being Number One. Our obvious superiority was uncontested and noncontroversial. The idea of feeling bad about being awesome was utterly unknown. We were The Best and we were having the Best Time.

When Donald Trump says he wants to make America great again, that was the country he’s talking about.

Every time we dropped another blockbuster movie or summer rock anthem or swept the medals at the Olympics, we cheered like we’d just given those Euro nerds another swirlie in those disgustin…