The county budget, the Jazz Festival, Democrats in disarray,
moms in playland
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Pledge of Allegiance
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Reader feedback 8.14.02
We didn’t want this, Clearly shocked, Building downtown, Weird’s humor, God and the pledge, Confessions of a thriftaholic…
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Reader Feedback 7.17.02
Just fed up A day after reading Mary Anna Towler’s “A God-fearing People” (July 3), the following appeared on my e-mail: “No God, no peace. Know God, know peace.” At a time when we are “at war,” to quote President Bush, it is a sad commentary to find that we are being censored for using […]
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Allegiance to history
You have to wonder how Francis Bellamy (1855-1931) would greet today’s fracas over
the Pledge of Allegiance.
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A God-fearing people
The Pledge of Allegiance is unconstitutional because it includes the phrase “one nation, under God”? When I heard about the California court’s ruling, I thought: Well, yeah. Who could argue with that? Never underestimate the insecurity of religious folks, though. And never underestimate elected officials’ ability to pander. No sooner was the news […]
