I hear people, usually on the left, curse the United States as racist, a police state, or in general evil. To hear such stuff from leftist ignoramuses makes my blood boil. When I was 8 years old, my family moved to a Panama and worked for the Panama Canal Company. I lived there until I went to college in the States and then I spent three years in the US Army.

After College and the Army, I moved back to Panama, got a job, married my college sweetheart and spent another 25 years in country. The Ca…

It's quite interesting to note the contrast of those who come from other places, where things really are bad, and how they write about America, vs. those who (I assume) were born here. The former seem to really understand how much this country has to offer. The latter still seem to want to pick nits because things are not perfect.