Only about 100 days remain before America celebrates the 250th anniversary of the United States’ Declaration of Independence, the bold and magnificent document created and signed by 56 men — our “Founding Fathers” — declaring independence from Great Britain.
The celebration comes at a difficult time in our history, with America coping with contentious issues. They include a new war in the Middle East that threatens the nation’s economy — and potentially the lives of men and women in our armed services.
But lest our differences strengthen doubts about America’s future, consider a slim new book by a talented biographer, Walter Isaacson.
Isaacson has published biographies of Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein and Leonardo de Vinci, among others. And although such works are typically hundreds of pages long, his latest has only … 67.
The book’s title, “The Greatest Sentence Ever Written,” refers to the second sentence in the Declaration of Independence: