Can thought be silent?
There were no weapons of mass destruction and Saddam Hussein was not involved in the September 11th attack.
Honoring the sacrifices many have made for our country in the name of freedom and democracy is the very foundation of Veterans Day.
We love the ability of the people to influence the actions of decision-makers, of lawmakers and presidents to be removed from or elevated to office by the will of voters, and of the community to connect amongst diverse populations through the ballot box.
A quality education grants us the ability to fight the war on ignorance and poverty.
As a Korean War veteran, I know firsthand and understand the sacrifices made by our men and women in uniform.
I, for one, would think both about how far we have come as a country and how much further we need to go to erase racism and discrimination from our society.
There is a point, and it is reached more easily than is supposed, where interference with freedom of the arts and literature becomes an attack on the life of society.
There is no doubt that the issue of race is always present in American politics and in the politics of any multiracial society. There is also no doubt that for some people it is an element in the manifested hostility to Obama. But I don't think it is the major theme at all. Obama is right when he reminds people: By the way, I was black before the election.
We lived in a very modest house. My father drove modest cars, we didn't travel, we didn't do any of the things that, were commensurate with the kind of income that he was making. So we got this kind of, double message, which was, y'know, "You work hard and you make as much money as you possibly can, but you don't spend any money. " And you see how well I learned that lesson.
You might be a redneck if you consider pork and beans to be a gourmet food.