One point Jonah has always made in our long-running debate about nationalism is that a little nationalism is okay for the sake of national cohesion. I’d think even someone who wants just a dollop of nationalism would be alarmed at recent events, with a major American political party getting closer and closer to advocating for open borders and a major corporation — prodded by one sports celebrity — recoiling from use of a historical American flag. A couple of tanks and a flyover at the Mall on the Fourth — which I think add to the experience, rather than detract from it, by the way — are as nothing compared to the ongoing and growing assault against the foundations of our nation, its borders, its symbols, its history, its heroes.