The party on Saturday seemed a reasonable opportunity to take down the American flag that’s been flying in front of the house since September. In its place went a festive wintery sort of flag. Decor.<\/p>\n
Why?<\/p>\n
I think I’ve made my statement. We are either no longer at war, or else we’re between campaigns. The need to show solidarity is — well, still present, but back to normal levels.<\/p>\n
I’m not a fly-the-flag-all-the-time sort of guy. Not yet. And now seemed as good a time as any to take it down, fold it up in the official little triangle, and retire it for the nonce.<\/p>\n
Hopefully (as in, “I hope there’s no need for it”) for a long time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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