Memorial Day-where was the flag?!

By: greghalvorson (Diary)  |  June 2nd at 04:59 PM  | 

Memorial Day: where were the flags? Now that President Obama is back from Chicago, fresh from declaring June, 2010, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender month, I’d like to memorialize Memorial Day. It’s not dead (yet), but like other American traditions (marriage, a strong military), it’s dying, and a genuine symptom is the absence of the flag. In the last month, we’ve seen Old Glory banned | Read More »

Thieves steal Mojave cross

By: greghalvorson (Diary)  |  May 12th at 05:20 AM  | 

Thieves steal Mojave cross Remember the Mojave Desert War Memorial? The one the ACLU wanted to tear down? On April 28th, the Supreme Court saved it, handing Veterans a victory, but as of last night (May11th), it’s gone. Stolen. Someone cut the bolts, felled the cross, and disappeared. The theft adds to the lunacy playing out across the nation—kids being asked to remove patriotic clothes; | Read More »