PROFILES IN COURAGE
One of the things that impressed me the most about the near assassination of President Trump on Saturday was how the crowd reacted. People were ducking and there were some screams but there was no wholesale panic. This may be partly due to the fact that there were many military veterans in the crowd but I believe much of the crowds composure was also due to the courage of president Trump. He did not panic and his response as the Secret Service was removing him from the stage reminded me of something Andrew Jackson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Ronald Reagan would have done under similar circumstances. Regardless of how we might feel about these people today they showed great physical courage when their lives were threatened. This courage inspired people to follow their leadership and courage under fire has a calming influence on people. Fireman Corey Comperatore instinctively shielded his wife and children before suffering a fatal head wound. Then there was 57 year old David "Jake&qu