Few words have stirred the souls of men like the simple term we know as freedom. What a powerful force, what a burning hope it has been over the years! Across the face of the Earth, can there be any ...

I'm going to write another series in the paper called Founding Thoughts over this summer. This will be the first installment and I will be writing a perspective that challenges ...

We will soon be celebrating a national holiday commemorating 13 American colonies’ declaration of independence from Great Britain. Although there were many reasons that prompted the American ...

As with many U.S. citizens, for a number of years I thought of the 4th as a good three-day weekend with friends, family, BBQ and fireworks. Oh, I did realize what had happened, big picture, regarding ...

We celebrate Independence Day — considered to be the birthday of the United States — each July 4. But many historians feel we should be celebrating it each July 2.

Where did we miss that trajectory of growth and the chance to becoming the first black nation to emerge as a global super power? Where did the dignified and lofty thoughts of our fathers become ...