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We think all Americans can feel the gravity of what's happening in Ukraine and take Russia's attack on freedom very seriously.
It is threatening to our very way of life.
It is serious enough that we cannot sit idly by.
We need to fight in different ways for freedom and Democracy at home.
One way we do that is certainly to strengthen our way of life in our communities, to affirm our institutions of freedom and private enterprise.
You see, "state-owned" is behind all of what Russia and China do.
Their governments control what people are told, what people and private enterprise can do. You probably read where Russia is talking of "nationalizing" the U.S. and other western businesses there that have shuttered to protest the war.
America is the champion of private enterprise.
Our individual freedom strengthens our private enterprise by allowing people to take risk to produce goods, provide services and make a living.
Sounds rather deep, we know, but the point we're making supports this community newspaper's regular efforts online and in print to shout from the mountaintops the praises of our area private business and public agencies and the vital role they play to support our freedoms.
Today we lanch our annual PROGRESS editions -- running through Friday.
Take time to read about the people and businesses who make our region work.
They take risk.
They invest.
They go above and beyond to make and provide.
They are the lifeblood of our free economy and they deserve our support.
As war rages across the world, this is a time to rally and not take our businesses and institutions for granted.