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What stood out in your mind as you witnessed the weekend’s events in Egypt? How the entire country stood on the edge of anarchy, largely because its people had been denied basic conditions, treatment and rights to redress their grievances by a heavy-handed president.

I don’t pen this blog to challenge Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s behavior through his three decades in power. His conduct, and the people’s response to it, are by now well-documented.

But the situation in Egypt stands as a stark reminder of the basic tenets we as Americans have grown perhaps accustomed to, and we would do well to remind ourselves that the freedoms we enjoy are derived through daily struggles and challenges.

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