The Flags We Wave

233 years ago, a bunch of old white dudes we now call the Founding Fathers adopted the “Stars and Stripes” flag as the official flag of the newly formed United States of America. And thus today is Flag Day, a little known, infrequently commemorated holiday that does not give us a three-day weekend. But even [...]

One Nation, Under Any God?

(I wrote this post a few months ago, promptly forgot about it and never published it. As I struggled to figure out what to write this week, I decided to finally post it. I’m not sure it’s the best thing I’ve ever written, but I hope you’ll find it interesting nonetheless.) A recent article in [...]

You May Not Know

I’m still relatively new to this whole world of blogging, so I’m not very familiar with the idea of blog awards. As far as I can tell, one blogger gives another an award for being a good blogger or writing a good blog. It usually involves a graphic of some kind, inserted into the post. [...]