Articles from the July 4, 2018 edition

Ken Stern|Jul 4, 2018

There is no better time than this Fourth of July week to reflect on where we stand as a country. Happy birthday to us. It is 242 years since 56 men meeting in Philadelphia debated, considered and agreed to a “Declaration of Independence.” The last clause of the last sentence above their signatures reads: “And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.” That is how the Declaration ends, with a pledge to each ot...