Once again repeat after me: America is the most successful nation state in history. America is the most successful....

Shikha Dalmia at Reason reminds us why the United States is so successful and just how enormous the gap is between us and our so called 'challengers'.  I also note that almost all of the pro-American optimism on offer in our country is coming from the right.  Ronald Reagan demonstrated that faith in our nation is the best basis for leadership, something that the rest of his countrymen are relearning.

But there are at least five reasons why neither India nor China will knock America off its economic perch any time soon, at least not by the only measure that matters: Offering the best life to the most people.