Bruce Springsteen’s Anti-American Anthem

Paul Kengor, The American Spectator

Springsteen’s words are being seriously analyzed by adults who admired his music as

teenagers but still haven’t figured out that the twaddle they hummed and strummed was mere juvenile poppycock. Our own John Mac Ghlionn, like myself, responded to this odd ceremonial occasion by writing about “Born in the U.S.A.” and Springsteen generally. “Springsteen is not a patriot,” concluded Mac Ghlionn. “He isn’t the voice of American pride. He’s a salesman, a disingenuous one at that. He fooled a nation into cheering its own condemnation.”