Heroes for Today

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Heroes for Today features ordinary and extraordinary people commenting about today’s world and current events. These comments will stimulate new thought and challenge your assumptions to help you think more broadly and more clearly. heroesfortoday.substack.com

3d ago

Teddy Roosevelt - Where Credit Belongs

This country song is adapted from a portion of a speech given by Teddy Roosevelt in 1910 at the Sorbonne in Paris, France. The talk was titled Citizenship in a Republic and is now commonly known as The Man in the Arena. Source: https://theodorerooseveltcenter.org/encyclopedia/culture-and-society/man-in-the-arena. Where Credit Belongs lyrics It is not the critic who countsNot the man who points outHow the strong man stumblesOr where the doer of deedsCould have done them better The credit belongs to the manWho is actually in the arenaWhose face is marred by dustAnd sweatAnd blood Who strives valiantlyWho errsWho comes short again and againBecause there is no effortWithout error and shortcoming But who does actually striveTo do the deedsWho knows the great enthusiasmsThe great devotionsWho spends himself in a worthy cause Who at the best knowsIn the end the triumphOf high achievementAnd who at the worst if he failsAt least fails while daring greatly So that his place shall never beWith those cold and timid soulsWho neither know victoryNor know defeatWho fight all the way to the end The credit belongs to the manWho is actually in the arenaWhose face is marred by dustAnd sweatAnd bloodAnd tearsBut mostly sweat Heroes for Today is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Heroes for Today at heroesfortoday.substack.com/subscribe
Jul 23

The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus

This song shares The New Colossus poem written by Emma Lazarus to support the building of the Statue of Liberty. “The New Colossus” is a sonnet by American poet Emma Lazarus. She wrote the poem in 1883 to raise money for the construction of a pedestal for the Statue of Liberty. In 1903, the poem was cast onto a bronze plaque and mounted inside the pedestal’s lower level. The New Colossus lyrics Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,With conquering limbs astride from land to land;Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall standA mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her nameMother of Exiles. From her beacon-handGlows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes commandThe air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame. “Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries sheWith silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor,Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” Give me your tired, your poor,Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,I lift my lamp beside the golden door! Heroes for Today is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Heroes for Today at heroesfortoday.substack.com/subscribe
Jul 21

Summer Song: Celebrate This Summer

This song was adapted from “Can We All Just Have a Feral Summer?” by Sarah Anderson. Source: https://pjmedia.com/sarah-anderson/2026/06/30/cant-we-all-just-have-a-feral-summer-n4954541. Summer Song lyrics Life would be a lot nicerIf adults got summer breaksJust like kids doNo workLittle responsibilityJust swim until fingers look like raisinsRead a book in one dayGet lost in the garden just weedingGet on a boat and driftGo on a road tripTake the backroadsFloat on a lakeGo fishing all dayChill at the beachChase fireflies and butterfliesGrill burgers or do a barbecueHave sleepoversSpend so much time with friendsThat you get sick of each otherStay up late watching moviesRide bikes all over townEat ice creamEnjoy life once againAnd see where it takes youSee where it takes youSee where it takes you Of course, that’s not realisticI know, I knowWe have bills to payJobs to doKids to raiseParents to helpHomes to maintainDeadlines to meetDeadlines to meetDeadlines to meet Heroes for Today is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Heroes for Today at heroesfortoday.substack.com/subscribe
Jul 20

Tom Cruise: This Is Greatness

This song is adapted from Tom Cruise’s speech at the 2026 FIFA World Cup finals. Source: https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2026/07/19/tom-cruise-delivers-a-unifying-opening-speech-for-the-final-game-of-the-2026-fifa-world-cup-n2204507. This Is Greatness lyrics More than 30 days ago48 nations began a journeyThey crossed oceansThey crossed bordersThey crossed culturesAnd together, they showed usWhy this game belongs to the world From every corner of the globeWe have witnessed greatnessWe have shared in moments of joyWe have shared moments of hopeWe have shared moments we will never forget Football is a language spoken without wordsA force that unites peopleThat turns strangers into friendsThat reminds us what we all have in common But these storiesThese stories belong to all of usTo every nationTo every playerTo every supporterTo every volunteerTo every dream carried on the pitch As we gather for one final chapterLet us celebrate a tournamentThat brought the world togetherLet us celebrate each otherThis is footballThis is unity.And this...This is greatness Let us celebrate each otherThis is footballThis is unity.And this...This is greatness Heroes for Today is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Heroes for Today at heroesfortoday.substack.com/subscribe
Jul 18

A World Without: The Goal of Communism

Adapted from a speech by Marco Rubio, secretary of state, and also commentary by Dmitri Bolt, columnist, Townhall. Source: https://townhall.com/tipsheet/dmitri-bolt/2026/07/16/marco-rubio-communism-doesnt-even-sound-good-in-theory-n2679567. A World Without lyrics Communism sounds good in theorybut it never works in practiceThat’s actually not trueCommunism does not sound good in theoryThe world Communists envision for usIs small, flat, and greyLeveled of all exceptionDrained of all that is noble in the human soul The world Communists envision isA world without courageA world without creativity or ambitionA world without heroes or gloryA world without great causes to strive forA world without miraclesA world without mythsA world without men who rise above the restTo do incredible and extraordinary thingsA world without God Communists are architectsOf revolutionary violenceThe towering achievement of our civilizationFor them, it’s an unbearable humiliationA reminder of what they cannot doAnd a reminder of what they cannot beSo they choose instead to destroy Communism is a system builtTo erase ambition and courageCommunists were never going to produceProduce anything worth wantingThe tragedy is that it took a centuryAnd tens of millions of livesAnd the ruins of a dozen nationsFor the world to learnWhat should have been obviousFrom the first page of the theory The world Communists envision isA world without courageA world without creativity or ambitionA world without heroes or gloryA world without great causes to strive forA world without miraclesA world without mythsA world without men who rise above the restTo do incredible and extraordinary thingsA world without God Heroes for Today is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Heroes for Today at heroesfortoday.substack.com/subscribe
Jul 6

Marco Rubio on America

On Independence Day (July 4, 2026), Marco Rubio released a video celebrating America and Americans. This country gospel ballad is adapted from Marco’s words in that video (https://x.com/SecRubio/status/2073402543158231160). Marco Rubio on America lyrics There are things, lots of thingsMore precious than wealthMore valuable than safetyThere are great causes more importantThan even life itself Our founders knew that libertyWas not an abstractionFloating above historyThey knew that parchment promisesAlone could not make a nation free A constitution is only as strongAs the people it belongs to America has never beenMerely a propositionIt has always beenA real and living civilizationA unique and distinctive peopleUnlike any other nation or peopleIn the history of the world America is an exceptional nationBecause Americans areAn exceptional peopleWe are a people bornOn the edge of the known world We are a frontier nationFrom the hardy pioneersOn the Oregon TrailTo astronauts transcendingThe limits of Earth itselfAmerica made the frontierA principle of national life The people who built our countryWere heroes and heroinesAmong the greatestAnd the most noblethat the world has ever seen This is the greatest nation on EarthThat has been true for 250 yearsAnd with God’s graceIt will be trueFor the next 250 as well America has never beenMerely a propositionIt has always beenA real and living civilizationA unique and distinctive peopleUnlike any other nation or peopleIn the history of the world Heroes for Today is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Heroes for Today at heroesfortoday.substack.com/subscribe
Jul 5

Ronald Reagan on Independence Day

The following song is adapted from Ronald Reagan’s 1986 Independence Day speech. Enjoy this song courtesy of The Great Communicator! Ronald Reagan on Freedom What a contrast with the sober sceneThat took place a short timeEarlier in Independence HallFifty-six men came forwardto sign the parchmentThe Declaration of Independence It was noted at the timeThat they pledged their lives,They pledged their fortunes,They pledged their sacred honorsAnd that was more than rhetoricEach of those brave menKnew the penalty for high treason They were braveThey stayed braveThrough all the bloodshedOf the coming yearsTheir courage created a nationBuilt on a universal claimTo human dignity On the propositionThat every manThat every womanAnd that every childHad a right to a futureTo a future of freedom For just a momentLet us listen to the words again We hold these truths to be self-evidentThat all men are created equalThat they are endowed by their CreatorWith certain unalienable rightsThat among these are Life,Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness Now, let’s have some funLet the celebration begin! Now, let’s have some funLet the celebration begin! Heroes for Today is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Heroes for Today at heroesfortoday.substack.com/subscribe
Jun 24

Kamala Harris: Hope Is a Verb

This pop song is adapted from an answer given by former presidential candidate Kamala Harris. Hope Is a Verb lyrics We have light inside of usAnd that is what inspires our hopeAs much as anythingAnything external to ourselves When we feel thatWe do not allowAny individualTo dampen that light Let that light carry usThrough moments of darknessLet that light shine on for usThrough heartache and sorrowThat we not only act on that hopeWe inspire that hope in each other And it is so importantThat we not only have hopeBut we understand thatHope should be a verbHope should be a verbNot just a noun Heroes for Today is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Heroes for Today at heroesfortoday.substack.com/subscribe

Heroes for Today features ordinary and extraordinary people commenting about today’s world and current events. These comments will stimulate new thought and challenge your assumptions to help you think more broadly and more clearly. heroesfortoday.substack.com

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John Kremer
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2022 - 2026
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