The tragedy is that there is no America. We are a squabbling collection of peoples with irreconcilable differences and fundamental values, no common history, n

The tragedy is that there is no America. We are a squabbling collection of peoples with irreconcilable differences and fundamental values, no common history, no common faith, bound together under one increasingly arbitrary, self-interested and interventionist federal government. Secession and peaceful separation would be ideal, but it is hard to see how that happens. I say that with a deep sympathy for everyone with strong feelings about their fundamental values.