Freedom

From: Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME) | Date: July 4, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

Meredith Goad staff writer
Portland Press Herald (Maine)
07-04-2007
Freedom
Byline: Meredith Goad staff writer
Edition: HOLIDAY
Section: Front

Reading this story is a radical act.

In some countries, it would be a crime.
On this July Fourth, we have asked three very different people, who have had very different life experiences, to answer the simple question, "What does freedom mean to you?"

It seems so easy, doesn't it? Pick up a newspaper and read someone's thoughts and opinions on life in these United States. You may not agree with the ideas expressed, but the fact that they are there, in ...

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