With Independence Day fresh on our minds, let's remember why we celebrate and defend our blessings of freedom, liberty and justice for all. In these uncertain times, America's promise is more important than ever.

There's a saying among the faithful that God won't give us more than we can handle. Arguably, 2020 is putting this message to the test.

When Iowans rang in the New Year, no one realized the nation's historic employment, wage growth and record-setting economic expansion would be uprooted by a pandemic, causing historic unemployment and more than 122,000 American deaths - so far.

The...