The late President John F. Kennedy, while still a senator, published a book titled Profiles in Courage.  It won the Pulitzer prize in 1957.  See here. The book is a series of extended anecdotes from the lives of American statesmen, whom Kennedy praised for acting on principle, in the national interest, even at great personal and professional cost to themselves. Our nation's history is replete with figures whose acts of courage in times of crisis lifted us from the status of colonies and slavery, to that of an independent nation, a world power, promoting freedom and the dignity of all humankind. Where are they today?  Where are the heroic figures?  Well might we ask. Nearly eight years ago, I repeatedly wrote blog posts in which I confidently expected that such men would step forward, some from the shadows of government offices, some from the military, and some from industry.  I expected that, surely, there are patriots in high places who saw...(Read Full Post)