If you've got the flag flying today, shouldn't you be flying it like this?

Image by Joseph Sohm, found here.

I think we can all agree that our political discourse has become a bull shop, a public bazaar at which all manner of bull is available for purchase, that last word to be understood in at least two of its dictionary definitions.

I think, also, we tend, in trying times like these, to forget that there is a lot of fine china in that shop, and even if much of seems in pieces, broken, aside from our ability to repair it, we still possess those same impulses, and the minds, hearts, and skills to revive the political arts that created that fine china.

That reminder is my birthday wish for my country.

My birthday present, on this, its 233rd birthday, defined broadly and generously, is James Madison.