You Can Do Better Than the Biden–Trump Reality-TV Show

Freedom begs us to make better choices.

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Then-president Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden participate in their first 2020 presidential campaign debate in Cleveland, Ohio, September 29, 2020.

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Now is the time when businesses consider replacing “Pride” flags with everything red, white, and blue.

Independence Day is about freedom. But what does that mean? A mature and educated understanding of freedom does not equate it with libertinism. Freedom is not about doing everything we want. It is not hyper-individualism. We make choices about how to exercise freedom every day, and we need to ensure those choices are rooted in civic duty and virtue.

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Kathryn Jean Lopez

Kathryn Jean Lopez is a senior fellow at the National Review Institute and the religion editor of National Review. Sign up for her weekly newsletter here. She is the author of A Year with the Mystics: Visionary Wisdom for Daily Living.

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