Here in the United States, we are celebrating  the Fourth of July:  one of those holidays where the point is often lost in the trappings.

Take a moment in your celebrations to remember what we’re celebrating:

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

As a society, we’ve never managed to live up to it. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try.