Danny Tyree

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As we approach the country’s 250th birthday, I find my mind drifting back to its 200th birthday. Yes, a weary nation looked to the Bicentennial to lift our spirits from the lingering effects of the Vietnam War, Watergate and OPEC muscle-flexing. We desperately needed to be able to sing “Yankee Doodle” heartily and unironically, although in 2026 someone who puts a feather in his cap and calls it macaroni is a prime candidate to push strangers in front of a New York City subway train.

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You get a line and I’ll get a drone, honey / You get a line and I’ll get an app, babe…” Or something like that.