Jul 06
For the last several years I have spent the Fourth of July here at the Aspen Ideas Festival which has always ushered me into the holiday with a new perspective on democracy and the freedoms that have always been unique to our great country. Last year, a session on "Patriotism" prompted one of my first posts since it made me realize how George W, Bush's most toxic legacy was the way he completely eliminated the notion of shared sacrifice from that noble concept. This year, it became in
