Historians can debate when America was at its best. Was it in the era of the nation’s founding? Was it during World War II, when the whole nation pulled together in a heroic and sacrificial struggle against tyranny? Was it the 1960’s, with the civil rights movement and the counter culture?
Another way of looking at the issue is to ask, when was America at its best for you? Andrew Van Dam of the Washington Post reports on studies that have been conducted on this topic in his article When America was ‘great,’ according to data. After slicing and dicing said data by age, political party, and other demographic distinctions, he concludes that, basically, you think America was at its best whatever year you were eleven.
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