A New Year’s Freedom Resolution

By Jacob G. Hornberger

Here’s a great New Year’s resolution for the American people: To redouble our efforts to achieve a free, prosperous, peaceful, and harmonious society, one that can serve as a model for the world.

Sounds good, right?

But not that easy. This resolution actually requires some deep and critical thinking, specifically relating to two important questions.

The first question is: What does it really mean to be free?

Unless one comes up with the correct answer to that question, there...