Back when America was just getting started, being called "American" was an epithet that stood for uncultured, ignorant, and boorish.
Fast forward to the middle of the twentieth century, "American" stood for all things refined, wise, and altruistic.
Scarcely half a century has passed, and "American" is back to uncultured, ignorant, and boorish.
Will the circle be unbroken by and bye?
