Happy Independence Day!

Today we celebrate the foundation of the United States of America. The founding document, The Declaration of Independence, bears careful reading. The full text is available here: http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_transcript.html .

How some people sleep after reading this, I have no idea.

An interesting discussion of the influence of Catholic thinker St Robert Bellarmine on Thomas Jefferson is available here: http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?id=6607&CFID=9647080&CFTOKEN=44014111

God bless the United States of America!

Until next time, all the best. Joe