South Dakota theologian Anna Madsen reports that when her daughter Else was seven, she refused to pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. Why? Because she believes in liberty, justice, and God: ...three years ago, on…
Posts tagged as “patriotism”
The Sioux Falls School Board declined last night to require high school students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance every day in class. The board's reasoning: the high schoolers are too busy! “At the high school level, there isn’t always…
The flag is a sign of patriotism, a sign of pride in America, a sign— A flag is a sign, period, says the Deadwood Planning and Zoning Commission, and First Gold's sign was too darn big: Deadwood Planning and Zoning…
President Barack Obama and Governor Dennis Daugaard told us to fly our flags at half staff yesterday to commemorate the lives lost in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. I'm on record saying our half-staff mania is overdone and…
The Heidelbergers drove down the road and visited Mount Rushmore this fine sunny Sunday in the Black Hills: I'm up to a dozen Rushmore visits now. I have yet to tire of those great faces—the four in granite, and the…
I haven't rewatched It's a Wonderful Life yet this year, but I get a little verklempt just thinking about it. I wonder if maybe we ought to show Frank Capra's masterpiece on July 4 as well as Christmas. Robert Reich…