The practical worth of Borlaug’s contributions are undeniable and thus perhaps most deserving.

Heroism however is not strictly a case of physical bravery but rather a condition wherein one does the ‘right’ thing.

‘Right’ being defined as what one personally believes to be the morally correct choice or action. And when, making that choice or action will likely result in a negative ‘cost’ to one’s person.

There are more than a few Americans to admire:

Bill Cosby, for speaking truth to the black mind-set of entitlement.

Producer David Zucker & Actors Kelsey Grammer, Jon Voight, Leslie Nielson, Dennis Hopper, James Wood, etc. for making a movie that challenges Hollywood’s liberal bromides.

Victor Davis Hanson and David Horowitz for challenging academia’s liberal theologies.

Dennis Prager for clarity of insight and intellectual honesty, even when that doesn’t support his thesis or conclusions.

IPCC Scientist John R. Christy and the many other scientists who have risked professional opprobrium to speak out against Climate ‘change’ hype and misinformation.

I could go on but so can any of us after but a bit of thought…

America is still the home of the free and the ‘brave’.

Not from the Jacksonian wing of the Republican alliance, Neo.

Undoubtedly McCain is a genuine hero–service record speaks for itself and seemed to take being a U.S. senator seriously, genuinely thinking mostly about what was good for the country.

I have been thinking about Brooks Robinson since I happened to meet his daughter and grandson at Costco the other day. Not only a great athlete–I can’t count the number of Tiger rallies he snuffed out with his glove–but by every account decent, honest, involved in his community, and I’ve never heard a bad word about him.

There are no doubt many genuine heroes in Iraq right now but somehow the media don’t seem to get around to reporting on them. But our men and women who do their jobs over there, who are doing their best to make a decent society out of what was one of the world’s most brutal tyrannies, and who ask for little thanks and get less–yeah, I’d call them heroes.

Marine Cpl. Jason L. Dunham

22, of Scio, N.Y.; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, at Twentynine Palms, Calif.; died April 22 at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Bethesda, Md., of injuries sustained April 14 when he used his body to shield comrades from a grenade explosion in Husaybah, Iraq. He will receive the Medal of Honor.

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