Let's all wish the U.S. a happy birthday, whether or not it's your citizenship. I suspect most of us, particularly COTTonLINE readers, see the U.S. as a force for good in this world, at least on balance if not in every particular of its actions. (Whew, that was a run-on sentence.)
I was musing yesterday how fortunate the U.S. was to have so many polymaths among its founders: Jefferson, Franklin, Adams, Hamilton and Washington. These were giants of wisdom and human insight.
Where are their equals today I wonder? Probably running hedge funds, I reply snidely. Follow the money....
