My dog, Daisy, is relieved the leftover fireworks from Independence Day finally seem to be depleted. However, I’ll kind of miss the noise during the days surrounding the 4th of July, partly due to nostalgia, and because it remains the most unifying and patriotic time of year.
Fortunately, July not only begins with a patriotic holiday – it ends with one. July 30 marks National Whistleblower Day, the anniversary of the 1778 passing of the first law protecting courageous individuals who report wrongdoings by their government colleagues. Even at the height of the Revolutionary War, the founders made transparency a principle of democracy.
It is said that sunshine is the best disinfectant, and boy, we need some now more than ever.
That’s not a partisan statement; I’m a registered Democrat. But I’m among the 85% of Americans who believe America’s on the wrong track, and I recognize the federal bureaucracy and military-industrial complex outlast presidential administrations, continually moving geopolitical chess pieces.
And as writer James Baldwin said, “I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.”
Consider how close World War III seems – involving nuclear superpowers – not even one year after our nation lost its longest war, in Afghanistan, in a manner so humiliating it almost seemed intentional.
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