When exactly did America stop being great and when will it start again?

Great in what way? It could be argued that America has never been great, that the best part of America is that it recognizes its flaws as a nation and works toward improving, looking for that "more perfect union."

It's disturbing that recent times have revealed so many Americans who plainly have no interest in democracy, and would prefer a feudal corporate theocracy. They reject diversity. They reject science. They reject everything that has formed the strongest elements — the closest things that America can genuinely claim as greatness — in favor of something lesser.

As a friend of mine once said, the difference between the two major factions in America is that one wants the nation to live up to its highest ideals, and the other wants it to be just another tribe.

When we start once again, as a unified nation, to live up to those high ideals, then I think there is the possibility of greatness.

I'm not holding my breath, though.