Penny Thoughts: Free Will Preserves the Republic

About ten days ago we celebrated the 244th declaration of our independence from Great Britain, which many nonchalantly call, “July Fourth”. It always presents a good time to recall one of the most elemental principles our Founders believed as they sought to establish a new Nation.

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Penny Thoughts: Education and American Freedom

I am one of those Americans who gets all geared up for July Fourth, and even though I have had relatives who, in the past, referred to it as a “Yankee Party”, it engenders great pride in me as we celebrate our Independence from Great Britain. I still love sitting down and watching James Cagney play George M. Cohan in “Yankee Doodle Dandy”, and yes, I still cry when I hear the U.S. Marine Corps Band playing the final stanzas of “Stars and Stripes Forever.”

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