 It's Independence Day, which means the mainstream media will publish stories and broadcast reports about how ashamed we ought to be to live in the greatest nation on the face of the earth. And that brings me to a diatribe written by Margaret Rinkle and published by the New York Times. Now, Margaret wants to outlaw fireworks. She says the explosions terrify her dog. She also blames fireworks on the untimely deaths of raccoons, possums, and other woodland creatures.