A Quillnews plume to Brit Hume and his Special Report team at Fox News for an outstanding hour today discussing the meaning of our July 4th celebrations and the particular and everlasting debt all people owe to the sacrifices and courage of those in our history who served to defeat tyranny. The story of the day was Bush 43's speech in W. Va., but the broadcast used its hour to show how the efforts of today's patriots are in keeping with American tradition, and that our freedom didn't just happen. Each succeeding generation - including those of American Revolution - has had to choose to defend freedom. Their service created a world where every human being in our dominion has the opportunity to achieve all that was intended by Providence, and as a result such liberty is possible for all humankind. Hume and colleagues Jim Angle and Major Garrett each had illuminating discussions with authors whose new books discuss the courage and foresight of previous generations, and place in perfect context the worthiness of efforts in the wake of Sept 11 to resist and destroy the tyrannies of today:
- David McCullough, author of 1776
- Douglas Brinkley, author of The Boys of Pointe du Hoc: Ronald Reagan, D-Day, and the U.S. Army 2nd Ranger Battalion
- Bevin Alexander, author of How America Got It Right: The U.S. March to Military and Political Supremacy
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