Great Moments in Research: Hahvahd Says 4th of July Parades Turn You into a Right-Wing Nutjob

No, really!  A new Harvard paper says that going to Fourth of July parades makes you more likely to be a Republican.  Seriously?  Yet here is the research paper.  Whatever, dude!  Someone actually got research funds to do this?  Anyway, I love Independence Day parades and festivities with their sunny optimism and unabashed love of country, displayed with no irony, cynicism, or reservation amid cheerful crowds who turn out to enjoy the day with friends and family.  (It's not "government propaganda."  I've seen that, and this isn't it.)  I know leftists who balk at celebrating America so openly.  Maybe the parades are "Republican" because we right-wing nutjobs who love America are the ones who like going to them.  Me, I love John Philip Sousa and fireworks and pretty much everything about this holiday, and I don't care if you think love of this great country is "cheesy" or "corny" or whatever.  I'm with Calvin Coolidge when he said, "To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race."  Hear, hear!