JULY 4

Leo Tolstoy is credited with saying that truth, like gold, is obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.

American Independence—The Real Revolution

To this day, the effects of that shot continue to be felt as nations come to grips with the concept of individual freedom.

Happy Birthday USA. Let’s Make This Work.

I sang it in school. I sang it at home. I sang it in the car while riding with my parents. And I must say, in all honesty that at age 6 I had no clue what it meant.

With Liberty and Justice for All

We talked as he cut my hair and I discovered that he’d only been living in the U.S. for 18 months. I asked what he thought of the U.S. and without any hesitation he said, “This is the greatest country in the world.”