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Re: “Assessing the state of Obama” [Letters, Jan. 17]: I wish to thank the Register for regularly printing the complaints of Bob Machado and Ed Pyle in your Letters section. It is always ...
How long do we have to wait to feel safe in this “land of the free and the home of the brave”? One more mass shooting. One more city bleeding for its people. One more mayor in front of a ...
I am ashamed that since the beginning, the United States has claimed to be “the land of the free” while throughout our history there exist countless events of racial injustices including the ...
In 1814, when Francis Scott Key wrote the poem that became the lyrics of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” “the land of the free” referred to white males who owned a significant amount of land.
The last verse of our national anthem asks a question: “O’ say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave O’er the land of the free And the home of the brave?” Well, that banner still waves ...
Now, Usher finds letters in archives, attics and libraries, notes from historical figures and everyday people - people like Robert Pirosh, who is trying to land his dream job in 1934 in the middle ...
I am ashamed that since the beginning, the United States has claimed to be “the land of the free” while throughout our history there exist countless events of racial injustices including the ...