My Bill Of Rights
President of The Foundation Foundation
Everywhere I go in America these days, people seem to have two things in common: a deep love of our country and the ideals we’ve always stood for in the world, and a growing sense that somehow we’ve lost our way. More than anything, good and decent people of all stripes are dismayed over the deep divisions and polarization within the country, and looking for some positive first step they can take to build a bridge back to common ground. It is this heartfelt longing to rebuild our crumbling national conversation on a foundation of mutual respect, represented so powerfully by the collective genius and spirit of compromise that created the Bill of Rights, that is the inspiration behind mybillofrights.org and the Foundation Foundation.
My own politics happen to be, by today’s definitions, moderate to liberal, though I’ve never been a member of any political party, and have always been more interested in new ideas and solutions than old ideologies and arguments. That’s why, rather than add to the heat over Ten Commandments displays in and around America’s legislatures and halls of justice, the Foundation Foundation seeks instead to throw light on these uniquely American laws that have contributed far more to the greatness of our nation and the hope it has offered to freedom-loving people everywhere, and that too many of us have taken for granted for too long.
The Foundation Foundation does not begrudge or oppose any individual American’s religious beliefs. Our sole purpose is to remind all Americans of that brilliant, shining and truly revolutionary document, the Bill of Rights, which has for 200 years been the lifeblood of our freedoms.
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