Today is Medal of Honor Day.  March 25 marks the date in 1863 when the first of these medals was awarded. It also falls, appropriately, during Lent, 40 days of reflection and sacrifice that begin with Ash Wednesday’s stark reminder of our mortality — “From dust you came and to dust you shall return” — and near their end on Good Friday, when Christ gave the ultimate example of fearlessly offering himself for others.

So writes my friend Kevin Ferris, vice president of communications at Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge, in today’s Washington Examiner. His article is titled Behind every Medal of Honor, stories of love and sacrifice. Be sure to read it, and, when you do, click the link which appears in Kevin’s tagline about Freedoms Foundation, a great organization that sponsors educational programs about American rights and responsibilities. Freedoms Foundation is doing the job that had been done in a previous geological era by this country’s educational establishment, i.e., promoting the teaching in our schools of traditional American values. It’s an organization well worth your interest and support.

On another front, I am trying to draft a post about Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report clearing President Trump and his campaign of all charges. So far, I haven’t been able to do it because I keep doubling over in laughter. I promise to pull myself together and get something out to you soon.