Our Vice President Ignores Memorial Day, as Our National Identity Needs Shoring Up
A U.S. flag with 15 stripes and 15 stars, like the one that was flown Fort McHenry during the War of 1812, frames the Battle Monument in Baltimore, Maryland, on Sept. 12, 2014. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Roger Kimball is the editor and publisher of The New Criterion and publisher of Encounter Books. His most recent book is “Where Next? Western Civilization at the Crossroads.”