Does it have to be patriotic? Does it need to be a Sousa March?  Or does your list of American favorites simply qualify for them being a song that exemplifies the American standard for music?  Something for you to keep in your head...even hum...on this 4th of July. Read, listen, and enjoy......

As always, we appreciate hearing from the readers over the past month, and those who wrote to us over coverage of spring baseball and softball...the recent Stammen youth tournament in Versailles, Ohio...and comments on our former colleague Dale Meggas and his days of writing about the tough times of being a sports fan in Cleveland.

One should occasionally take inventory on that to which you're devoting your time, and former colleague Dale Meggas said it best in his columns about pro sports teams, especially in Cleveland. Years after the glory days of the Browns only title in 1964 (above), they're still waiting for change where nothing seems to change.