July: The Fourth and an Upcoming Anniversary

Now it's July and the full range of summer experiences are all around.

As we join in the festivities of the Fourth, let's strive to keep to the values proclaimed in the Declaration that make it worth 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.

Also, now that it is July, expect to hear more about the upcoming 40th anniversary of the first landing of human beings on the Moon. There's already a lot of material on the Internet and Alan Boyle lists some of the highlights.