A bilingual government would expand dignity, democracy, and national competence while exposing the fear-driven politics behind “English-only” nostalgia. New York, N.Y. — The United States likes to think of itself as a confident nation. We build moon rockets, draft constitutions, and produce a presidential campaign season long enough to qualify as a climate pattern. Yet we remain oddly skittish about something most of the planet accepts as normal: living, governing, and thriving in more than...