America Week 2015

Fourth of July is an incredible holiday.

Sometimes all it takes to appreciate the good (and the bad) in something is a little time apart, said your parents when they dropped you off at camp.

The American Revolution was built on a foundation of booze, led by Founding Fathers who were typically found in taverns.

Drinking sometimes makes you feel like the smartest, most powerful person in the world, so just imagine how the president of the United States feels after a few heavy pours.

Every Fourth of July, half a million people trek out to San Diego’s parks and beaches to watch the Big Bay Boom, one of the West’s biggest fireworks displays.

We as a nation have embraced all kinds of dumb slang, from "swag" to "hepcat."

Douchebag is a fantastic insult.

For many of us foreigners, our knowledge of the United States was gleaned growing up watching imported American TV shows ‐‐ more often than not, starring David Hasselhoff.

The land of the free is a constantly changing beast.

America is great.

As much as we love to complain about the line at the Starbucks drive-thru being so damn long, you’d be hard pressed to find anybody -- short of, maybe, Edward Snowden -- who's not proud to be an American.

Americans are known for being good at SO MANY THINGS.