Born on the Third of July
By Peter Filichia -- Ostriches do not hide their heads in the sand. Bulls are not enraged by the color red. And George M. Cohan (1878-1942), despite what he wrote in "Yankee Doodle Dandy," was not "born on the 4th of July." Actually he came into the world some hours earlier. Lord knows how many times the uber-patriotic Cohan must have wished that his mother could have held out one more day before delivering …