What Kind of Freedom Are We Celebrating?

Is It Time To Get Back to the Declaration?

We’re at that time of year when people in the United States celebrate the Fourth of July, a time for family, fireworks, parades, baseball, concerts, hamburgers, and apple pie. Mmmm, pie. But our country’s beginnings were a bloody mess. You’ve seen Hamilton, right? It’s way worse.

I’m not the guy to give a full history lesson on the birth of the United St…