Abraham Lincoln said it was time, 87 years after the founding Fourth of July, for the nation to have a “new birth of freedom” and it is time again. Nobody knows quite what to do about racism, but equality is valued so we keep trying. Health is another shared value, but disease is the rule, so we press on. We’re best when we work to liberate not ourselves but others. Independence Day is no longer to celebrate victory over the British. It is to renew the struggle toward liberty for all. –Fletcher Farrar, editor and CEO
This article appears in Jun 27 – Jul 3, 2019.
