Opinion

News of Muammar Qaddafi’s death signals the end of that dictator’s regime. For Libya, a provisional government is now being formed. That temporary government will, in addition to the day to day work of running a country, determine the permanent government to ultimately assume control.

The Declaration of Independence says, “… all men are created equal …”

I’m promoting a new “Occupy” movement. It’s for all those occupying Wall Street, the downtown Phoenix park and any who support them.

Sounds simple: “The world is what we make of it.”

In a recent conference call for work, an Israeli immigrant to Canada said the United States was a democracy.

Everyday except Sunday begins by organizing my “To Do” list.

My wife and I were on our way to one of our granddaughter’s soccer games one recent Saturday. I was hungry and decided to stop for something at McDonalds but the drive-through was jammed so I parked and went inside.

To those who have come before and to those now serving, you have my ever-increasing gratitude, and my solemn promise to perpetuate what you have given us.

About five years ago, the adult leader of the Boy Scouts of America troops in Phoenix said that the Arizona chapters had stopped their 100+ year old tradition of taking scouts out for camping trips to southern Arizona because “coyotes” with AK-47s were shepherding illegals into the scout camps and demanding food and water.

We must not forget the freedoms, nor especially the price paid, to which so many of us have become accustomed that we are no longer aware of them.