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Two Independence Days

This year marks the 240th. Anniversary of the signing of our Declaration of Independence.   We owe so much to the Founding Fathers and the courage that they and the rest of that generation that risked all for the concept of Liberty.  It is difficult to

Goodbye 2015; Hello 2016 – What A Difference A Day Makes

 Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of clear thinking, confusion of counsel until the emergency comes, until self-preservation strikes its jarring gong – these are the features which constitute the endless repetition of history.    Winston Churchill We

Political Winds

  Much has happened the past several months in the political world.  Some good and of course some bad.  With about a year left before the next Presidential election it seems that at least one party is showing signs of evolving and it surely is

America’s Greatest Generation

“Is it the Fourth yet?”  Thomas Jefferson on his deathbed July 4, 1826. Five hours later, John Adams, spoke his last words, “Jefferson survives.”  It was the 50th. anniversary of the signing of a document that is one of the greatest written by man.  Jefferson, Adams