Life, Fortune and Sacred Honor

I have mixed feelings about publishing a blog. First, blogs are passé... but more significantly, they’re a little too “heart-on-your-sleeve” for my tastes. To publish, especially on political subjects, is to subject yourself to sanction, scorn or ridicule.

But the subjects I write about are important to me. And they are significant to the sort of world my young son will inhabit as an adult.

As I reflect on history, what I hold dear about America was created by men who risked much more than offending friends and colleagues. And so, without regard to ruffled feathers, I’m sharing my thoughts that I might inspire others to uphold the ideals of liberty and personal responsibility that seem unfashionable in modern America.

The signers of the Declaration, literally risked their necks in that act of treason. Above their names, they mutually pledged to each other “...our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.” Hence this tiny testament to their towering ideals.