There's an unfun tendency in American life to fictionalize our national heroes as rigid, statue-people who only speak as though they are delivering commencement addresses, with a kind of unlovable, Al Gore–ish anti-charisma that would inhibit anyone in real life from becoming a national hero in the first place. Own it, Mr., Mrs., and Dr. America: We're a big-hearted, sappy goddamn people. We like our heroes homespun-folksy and our films directed by Steven Spielberg, whether... More >>>