When you think you’re the highest point, you don’t look up.
American States, like Americans themselves, are fond of trumpeting their superlatives.To hear them tell it, they’re all first in something: Corn growth, coal production, giant-est giant-ball-of-twine, blah, blah, blah.
But something’s not adding up, States: If you’re all so great, how come the country’s giving off the distinct odor of failure?