In recent years, idioms it seems have been fading from the English language, at least as it is spoken in the United States. Too bad, because idioms add color to our language.
“Pictures have a lot more power than text. Text is just a bunch of little symbols. You have to actually read it and imagine it, and even that can be censored.
When you next visit downtown Virginia, take a minute to stop and admire the magnificent red stone-faced building on the southeast corner of Front and Beardstown streets.
Recent events may have led you to the conclusion there is a growing movement to “cleanse” history by tearing down statues, defacing pictures and banishing names that offend someone, somewhere.<
Just to make certain everyone stayed focused on the task of gaining liberty, Thomas Paine fueled the flames of liberty with his “Common Sense” pamphlet of 1776, writing words such as these:
Had patriot John Adams, America’s second president, had his way, we would now be looking forward to the Second of July holiday.
Retired U.S.
If history doesn’t support your beliefs, then rewrite history.
Radio’s “Suspense” program was (and for that matter, still is) “well calculated tales to keep you in suspense.”
After a few weeks of Gov. J.B. Pritizker’s “stay-at-home” order, I began reaching out to a variety of people to see how they were coping. Most were bored.