What The Bogota Post got right about America before COVID-19 rings just as true during the pandemic – maybe even more true.

In a May 2019 article, “The List of Things Americans Take for Granted,” the newspaper examined some of the freedoms and blessings that too many Americans forget they have.

Amid the pandemic – as we all get a taste of having some of our freedoms curtailed – perhaps it should be easier to remember how good we’ve had it.

Free speech is one righ...