It's America for better or worse

Every time I hear a politician end his speech with "America is the greatest country in the world," I wonder what citizens of other nations think.

We've never been a perfect nation.

Neither is Canada, our neighbors to the north.

We get CBC radio here and in 52 years I've never heard any Canadian politician declare, "Canada is the greatest country in the world and God Bless Canada!"

Yet, these cheap politicians with American flags on display frequently say, "And God Bless America!"

Let's hope so.

It's our history, and we should teach it without sugarcoating the evils.

When my mother was born in...