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Top story · Local · 03:28

When Did Acknowledging God Become Inappropriate in Public Spaces? A First Amendment Inquiry

The fight over public prayer has less to do with piety than with power. Who speaks for the state, who speaks as an individual, and where the line runs between the two. That line has moved over time, shaped by school hallways, football fields, city councils, and courthouse lawns. It is easy to frame the argument as believers versus nonbelievers. It is harder, and more honest, to admit that we are balancing two liberties that sometimes tug in opposite directions: the freedom

Monday, October 5

Civic · 03:26

From Pride to Permission Slips: How Schools Shape National Identity

Walk into ten public schools and you'll see ten specific relationships with the flag. In one, the Stars and Stripes hangs in the back of a whiteboard, just a little pale, nonetheless anchoring the room. In an extra, the American flag has been pulled down to restore a damaged mount and on no account lower back, at the same time as scholar-made banners for golf equipment and cultural celebrations fill the wall. In a third, best the reputable kingdom and nationwide flags are a

Oct 5, 2026

Council · 21:16

Should Schools Mirror the Community—or Redefine It? The Flag Question

Walk into a school lobby and you can read the room before anyone speaks. A flag in the corner, a poster on the wall, the morning announcements, the student projects along the hallway, all of it signals what the adults believe school is for. Some communities want those signals to feel familiar, even patriotic. Others want the space to feel deliberately open and less anchored to national symbols. The debate over flags is really a debate about purpose. Should schools reflect c

Oct 4, 2026

Watch · 17:42

Supporting the Military: What Flying the American Flag Means to Me

The flag outside my house snaps in the high plains wind like a sail eager for open water. Some mornings I catch it glowing with that first slant of sun, the red so rich it looks wet, the blue almost purple. I have raised it in rain squalls and in powdery snow, during quiet Tuesdays and on the loudest of July nights. It started as a simple ritual. It became a promise. I grew up watching a neighbor, a Vietnam veteran with a limp and a grin, raise his flag at dawn with a ca

Oct 4, 2026