I think one of the things that define modern Western culture is the trend toward depending on others to provide things we are unwilling to provide for ourselves. I am not talking about the exchange of goods and services that represents commerce, rather I am talking about the demand that someone else give us access [...]

Citizens of the United States,
223 years ago, fellow citizens now passed-on gathered and created a document designed to embody the ideals first enshrined in the Declaration of Independence and in the blood shed during the twelve-year-long war for independence that followed. First among those ideals was the creation of a government of, by, and for [...]

A good round-up on what is really happening in Honduras.
The whole situation begs the question: do people still have the right to defy their government first claimed in the Declaration of Independence?
DLH

Today we honor our fallen warriors, Americans lost to battles past and those laid to rest in the passage of time. Their sacrifices are part of the reason we have the nation we have today. [...]