In Honor of Independence Day

It's the 4th of July and time to consider the political and economic miracle wrought by our forefathers. Their political genius and the blood, sweat and tears of that and succeeding generations has created the most dynamic and free society the world has ever seen. Freedom is not free, though, and its continuation depends on the efforts of each succeeding generation and that is a cause for concern.

There is a war going on for the soul of this country. There is a large group of people who do not believe in inalienable rights that pre-exist the government, who do not believe in limited government, who do not believe in the basic decency and good sense of the American people. The war is political, cultural, religious and in every other aspect of American life. When you strip away all the camouflage, the want control - they want power, to run every aspect of our lives.

My concern is not that such people exist, for they have always existed in every society throughout history. No, my concern is that the rest of us have become lazy, too wrapped up in our lives to do anything about it. There is no "they" who are going to fight this battle for us. Our sons and daughters in the military can keep us safe from enemies abroad, but can they count on us to bestir ourselves to deal with those who would harm us domestically?

The Founding Fathers founded a republic that reserved to the people the right to change the course of government. If we the people, however, cannot be bothered to find quality candidates and then support them financially and by giving our time, then freedom will eventually die and frankly, we will deserve it. Every other American generation has had to sacrifice to preserve our freedom and it is now our term. With God's help, we will rise to the challenge. Heaven help us if we do not.