Happy 230st Anniversary of American Independence

I've been dwelling lately on the fact that both John Adams and Thomas Jefferson lived long enough to celebrate the 50th, dying on the same day, July 4, 1826. My longing for leaders of their caliber might be a reaction to today's reality that our government has fallen into the hands of the party of a man who is able to pretend that he is the legitimate President of the United States only because enough Americans have been cowed and self-deluded into pretending the same thing. So help us God.