Thomas Glessner Two hundred and fifty years ago, the great experiment of the American Republic began. On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was signed, opening with these words: “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal and endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, among them life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” This sentence has been called in a recent book by author Walter Isaacson “The […]