Independence Day
Today is the 4th of July and the skies around Philadelphia will light up with fireworks to celebrate what has largely become a midsummer holiday about barbeque and beer. Where I grew up in San Diego, I used to love to watch the pyrotechnics at Mission Bay or over the ocean on Pacific Beach. Now that I’m older I find myself less excited about the sometimes-overzealous displays of patriotism associated with this day, especially when the United States feels more like the Divided States of America.