I know I said I was boycotting the Associated Press, but their take on Independence Day has to be seen to be believed.

Americans’ unhappy birthday: ‘Too much wrong right now’.

The nation’s psyche is battered and bruised, the sense of pessimism palpable. Young or old, Republican or Democrat, economically stable or struggling, Americans are questioning where they are and where they are going. And they wonder who or what might ride to their rescue.