Or, the beat goes on.
Flying the American flag or standing for and singing the Star Spangled Banner, or conversely, showing disdain or even disrespect to those symbols, seem to have become partisan political statements. These acts have become to define whether one adhere to the political right or left. Is this the wave of the future, an Armageddon whose winner will rule? Well, probably not. It’s been done before. Read the following copy.

Mr. Baskin was the Washington bureau chief for the News when he wrote this over 50 years ago. It could have been written today.
Cheers!