July Fourth, 2025

Today we celebrate the United States of America. It was founded on principals. The Declaration of Independence summarized those thus:

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.–That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, –That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

Here’s a thought.

Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country.”

— Sinclair Lewis

And here is a July 4th. essay The American Revolution Was a Big Deal.