By: Diane Benjamin This is a great story for Independence Day: I’m Finally Hanging My American Flag (hint: read that link – I can tell how many do!) Growing up, I was taught to dislike the American flag and all that it represented. This year, for the first time, I hung one outside my house. […]
By: Diane Benjamin The Fordham Institute examined education in all 50 states for content in Civics and History. Illinois was given an F, as in failing to education in both areas Illinois begins on PDF page 122: https://fordhaminstitute.org/sites/default/files/publication/pdfs/20210623-state-state-standards-civics-and-us-history-20210.pdf#new_tab Excerpts: Grand Finale: Tell me why the people running the Illinois State Board of Education and everyone […]
This week, we celebrate 243 years of independence. In 1776, the Continental Congress was deliberating over the most momentous political event of all time — 13 colonies were to become the United States of America and undertake a radical experiment in individual liberty and self-government. Even though the resolution for the Declaration of Independence had […]
By: Diane Benjamin 56 men signed the Declaration of Independence. Their signatures marked them for death by the British government. It seems like everybody quotes: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty […]
By: Diane Benjamin Maybe a bunch of Bloomington-Normal residents went to Downs for fireworks. Maybe the people of Downs just turned despicable in one year. I don’t know where the people were from, but I won’t be going back to Downs. If used to be great. Patriotic, good fireworks, fun family atmosphere. Not this year. […]
Happy Independence Day!
Since bikes have the same rights to the roads as cars, it’s also illegal to ban them! Lawsuit anyone? By: Diane Benjamin New rules at Miller Park for July 4th: No bikes allowed. Celebrate the Land of the Free, just don’t ride there! Will the 100 Bike BloNo people show up to protest? Maybe the […]
