What is the United States of America now?

Rebecca Solnit at The Guardian: The United States of America is a truck that has driven into a ditch. The United States of America is a program that has been hacked. […] It is the country that gave the world jazz and blue jeans and atom bombs and the birth control pill; it is its best and its worst people and products. I love the USA so much that i majored in North American studies. (Granted, i crossed the border over to Canada midway and never looked back.) It’s given me two careers, my second language, my favourite genre of music, so many books, and the pair of blue jeans i wear each and every day. It’s also given me regular bouts of existential anxiety. Happy 250th birthday, i guess? —Thanks for keeping RSS going! I’d love to hear your thoughts. Send me an e-mail to continue the conversation.