I spent the summer of 1993 in Syria as a Malcolm Kerr Scholar with the National Council on U.S.-Arab relations. My time there was spent learning about the Syrian people, their government and the many reasons I was glad to live in a free republic and not under the cruel Assad regime. It did not … Continue reading We must speak, and act, before it is too late
Month: July 2020
Declaring independence from mythological America
On July 2, 1776, the Continental Congress declared independence from Britain. Two days later, they approved the draft we know as the Declaration of Independence. The document was first presented to the public on July 8, and it wasn’t until Aug. 2 that most of the signatories put their names to the document. We lump … Continue reading Declaring independence from mythological America
