I, for one, believe that our flag, pledge of allegiance and national anthem deserve honor and respect for the ideals they represent: equality, justice, liberty. It is true that citizens of our country ...

Kirk O. Hanson is a senior fellow at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Views are his own. All human cultures use symbols to represent their core values and collective identity. We treasure most ...

In American politics, symbols have tremendous power to evoke deep emotions, communicate shared values and rally people around a unifying vision. Given that reality, it’s all the more perplexing how ...