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Sports

The NFL Is Back. So Is the National Anthem Controversy. And Now There Are Two Anthems.

American society is grappling with complex, nuanced issues connected to race and political power. If we have to filter that debate through the binary of choosing to stand or sit for a national anthem, we'll never get much resolved. 

Eric Boehm | 9.13.2020 12:55 PM

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Brickbats

Brickbat: The Land of the Free

Charles Oliver | 7.7.2020 4:00 AM

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Brickbats

Brickbat: Burn It Down

Charles Oliver | 5.25.2020 4:00 AM

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Brickbats

Brickbat: Land of the Free

Charles Oliver | 1.27.2020 4:00 AM

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Reason Roundup

Betsy Ross Is Canceled

Plus: Conditions in migrant detention centers "worse than we ever could have imagined" say Democratic lawmakers, Vox discovers anarchist gun owners, and more...

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 7.2.2019 9:30 AM

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Brickbats

Brickbat: Honoring Those Who Serve

Charles Oliver | 4.24.2018 4:00 AM

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Brickbats

Brickbat: Capture the Flag

Charles Oliver | 2.9.2018 4:00 AM

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Nationalism

Texas Senior Suspended for Not Standing for Pledge of Allegiance

Lawsuit claims administrators were "whipped into a frenzy" by media coverage of NFL players' protests.

Ed Krayewski | 10.10.2017 11:15 AM

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Sports

By All Means, Let's Take Politics Out of Sports—Starting With the National Anthem

Rid private functions of all symbols of the church-state. Then play ball.

Sheldon Richman | 10.1.2017 8:18 AM

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Look Who Wants a Safe Space Now

Free speech makes all kinds of people uncomfortable.

A. Barton Hinkle | 5.17.2017 12:00 PM

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Flag Burning Might Be Offensive, But it is Protected Speech

President-elect Donald Trump reignites a long-settled argument.

Andrew Napolitano | 12.1.2016 12:01 AM

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Donald Trump Suggests Flag-Burners Should Lose Their Citizenship

Or maybe spend a year in jail.

Jesse Walker | 11.29.2016 9:15 AM

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Brickbats

Brickbat: It's a Grand Old Flag

Charles Oliver | 11.22.2016 4:00 AM

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Brickbats

Brickbat: Land of the Free

Charles Oliver | 9.7.2016 4:00 AM

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Flag

Illinois Cops Arrest 22-Year-Old for Flag Burning, Then Remember They Can't

'Citizens should not permit them to evade responsibility,' says First Amendment lawyer Ari Cohn.

Robby Soave | 7.5.2016 3:56 PM

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Brickbats

Brickbat: Where at Least I Know I'm Free

Charles Oliver | 5.31.2016 4:00 AM

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Public schools

Teacher Stomped on the Flag During Lesson About Free Speech. He Was Fired.

Teaching kids all the wrong lessons

Robby Soave | 7.1.2015 4:01 PM

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The DIY Flag Designs of the Early Republic

...and the Progressive Era's rather different approach to the national banner

Jesse Walker | 6.14.2015 2:23 PM

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UC-Irvine Students Tried to Ban American Flag Because Free Speech 'Can Be Interpreted as Hate Speech'

More from the "everything is offensive" crowd.

Robby Soave | 3.9.2015 10:40 AM

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Police Investigating White Flags on Brooklyn Bridge

someone swapped out the American flags

Reason Staff | 7.22.2014 3:20 PM

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Your Flag Bikini Is Tacky and the Feds Hate It (But It's Legal!)

Brittany Morrisey | 7.3.2014 2:49 PM

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Banner Banned

School censorship

Scott Shackford | 5.31.2014 7:00 AM

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Assistant Police Chief Says "Too Many Sacrifices" to Allow Flag Defacing In His Pennsylvania Community

Ed Krayewski | 5.17.2014 12:36 PM

Fashion

Some Kanye West Merchandise Emblazoned With Confederate Flag, "Ain't Coming Down"

How to nurture controversy for profit 101

Reason Staff | 11.5.2013 10:30 AM

Constitution

Mandating "Voluntary" Recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance: Christians v. Atheists in Massachusetts

Ronald Bailey | 9.5.2013 1:21 PM

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