Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com.
Every year, on July 20, our family celebrates the day my mother and I arrived in America. We tell the stories of our arrival, of our assimilation and marvel at the unbelievable luck that we get to be Americans. I feel blessed every single day.
I look at my American children and know how fortunate I am. There are days when it’s hard to be optimistic about America. We’ve had another tough year.
I hear from people all the time who are struggling in their everyday lives and find it hard to maintain hopefulness in their country’s future. It’s not that America hasn’t had hard times before. Our family arrived in this country in the late 1970s.
There was inflation, everybody admitted it. Crime was high, no one denied it. There was immigration, it was through a process.
American hostages were being held in Iran; they were frequently on the news. ARMED MAN IN SKI MASK ARRESTED WHILE APPROACHING REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION PERIMETER IN MILWAUKEE The difference now is there’s an avalanche of pretense that we’re all supposed to accept. We’re lied to about our problems.
It makes national cohesiveness incredibly difficult when we can’t identify, or admit to the existence of, the issues that need fixing. The Statue of Liberty in New York City has welcomed immigrants to America for many years. People are struggling to feed their families.
Nearly 80% of Americans now consider fast food a "luxu.