Giving the grade to the Naturalization Exam

by Mike Martin (12/13/06).

Moses Bol Tong has a favorite question on the U.S. Naturalization Exam. When asked about Patrick Henry, he pumps the air with his fist and declaims with a flourish, "Give me liberty or give me death!"

Like many of the so-called "Lost Boys of Sudan," Tong, now 26, had an arduous and heartbreaking journey to the United States.

Renovating the Pledge of Allegiance

by Kathryn Blume
(06.29.05)

This Independence Day weekend, our little world will be draped in flags, symbols of American patriotism, freedom and things it will soon be illegal to burn. Now, I love parades and fireworks as much as the next citizen, but all that Old Glory-waving reminds me of the Pledge of Allegiance, and the Pledge of Allegiance is screwed up.