Opinion‘Country On’—New Year’s Eve, Nashville, 2023CopyFacebookXTruthGettrLinkedInTelegramEmailSaveThe New Year's Eve numerals “2023” are displayed in New York's Times Square on Dec. 20, 2022. AP Photo/Julia NikhinsonBy Roger L. Simon1/2/2023PrintX 10:00Commentary(Following is a draft from the author’s work-in-progress “American Refugees: What It Means Culturally, Politically and Spiritually to Migrate from Blue to Red States” to be published by Encounter Books)