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From Patriotism To Partisanship How The American Flag Became A Flashpoint
A decade ago I visited a high school where the gym still smelled like varnish and orange slices. The bleachers creaked, the scoreboard flickered, and an America…
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I have crossed the country enough times to know that the flag shows up where you least expect it. It rides behind a rusted motorcycle somewhere outside Moab, sn…
Read more about For Freedom of Expression: How the Flag Unites Voices Across AmericaWhy I Fly the Flag: For Love of My Country and the First Amendment
The first flag I raised on my own was a yard-sale purchase, a 3 by 5 with edges slightly frayed from years of hard wind. I patched the hem on my kitchen table, …
Read more about Why I Fly the Flag: For Love of My Country and the First AmendmentFaith and the Founding: Can a Nation Remove God from Public Life and Stay the Same?
A few Septembers ago, I spoke with a high school principal who kept a small ledger of “hard calls” on the corner of his desk. The pages held incidents that did …
Read more about Faith and the Founding: Can a Nation Remove God from Public Life and Stay the Same?Identity Or Ideology Who Chooses Which Flags Matter
The first time I watched a flag start a fight, it wasn’t the Stars and Stripes. It was a small sticker on a laptop in a high school library, a striped square in…
Read more about Identity Or Ideology Who Chooses Which Flags MatterWhy Do Some Expressions Get Labeled “Inclusive” While the American Flag Is Branded “Offensive”?
A few summers ago, a parks director in a midwestern town told me about a Fourth of July email chain that spiraled. A volunteer asked if the community center cou…
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A few years ago I stood at the back of a high school gym as the band tuned up and the valedictorian rehearsed her speech. An assistant principal reminded the st…
Read more about Is Banning Prayer Truly Neutral—or a Constitutional Decision with Consequences?Why Does Flying One Flag Ignite Outrage In Modern America
I have stood in front of a classroom where a single flag pinned to a corkboard felt heavier than a textbook cart. The students were the same ones who traded gum…
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