The Price of American Greatness
Does a Nation Need to be Great to be Worthy?
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7 min readSep 1, 2018
Watching the sad and strange event of John McCain’s funeral, I couldn’t help but be struck by a question. I don’t mean “strange” in a disrespectful way — but rather the curious sight of former President after President, leader after leaders, mourn not just MccCain, but, really, America itself — in an elaborately choreographed rebuke to…