Happy 4th Of July!

Dear Concentrate Readers,

The writers, editors, photographers, videographers, programmers, support staff, and office massage therapists at Concentrate will be taking a well-deserved week off to rest, recuperate, and honor the things that make our country great.

We hope you too will enjoy this coming 4th of July with family, friends, and neighbors.

Thanks for reading our magazine and please feel free to give us your thoughts, ideas and complaints. My email box is always open!

We'll see you again on July 13th with a brand new issue!

-Jeff Meyers
Managing Editor

PS. Looking for a fireworks display? This link provides you with a round up of who's exploding what where in Metro Detroit.


"I love America more than any other country in this world; and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually."
-James Baldwin

"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
-Abraham Lincoln

"A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government."
-Edward Abbey

"What is the essence of America? Finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freedom "to" and freedom "from." "
-Marilyn vos Savant

"This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in."
-Theodore Roosevelt

"PATRIOT, n. One to whom the interests of a part seem superior to those of the whole. The dupe of statesmen and the tool of conquerors."
-Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

"In the beginning of a change, the Patriot is a scarce man, Brave, Hated, and Scorned. When his cause succeeds however, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a Patriot."
-Mark Twain