Irresponsible Americans endanger American freedom

One of the great ironies revealed by the Covid-19 pandemic is the action of many Americans who profess to be lovers of freedom and of their fellow Americans, but who have ignored common sense and betrayed that love, in their irresponsible exercise of freedom during these trying days of pandemic.

Not only have they endangered their own health, they have acted in a manner that expresses an abandonment of their concern for the health of their fellow citizens.

Abraham Lincoln warned of the threat to the Nation of the irresponsible exercise of freedom. On Jan. 27, 1838, before the Young Men’s Lyceu...