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Happy Birthday America

July 4, 2026 · by · in Leadership, World Affairs · Leave a comment

America celebrates a milestone birthday today. 250 years old. Yet somehow the celebrations seem muted. I remember the USA bicentennial events, 50 years ago. The whole country was united, and the celebrations ran throughout the year. 2026 doesn’t feel like 1976. Maybe it is the internal divisions. Americans (looking at the country from up north) […]

Celebrate the Fourth!

July 4, 2023 · by · in Uncategorized · Leave a comment

Americans are celebrating Independence Day today, and there will be lots of fireworks. I had thought a reflective essay on the idea of America might be appropriate. It is a country with perhaps the loftiest ideals of any nation – and all to often fails to live up to its own standards. I guess that […]