The New Face of Patriotism
July 21, 2026
Assaulting another American for not being as patriotic as you. A fan at a Chicago Cubs game smacked another fan for not standing during the national anthem. Fox News and the comments left by conservatives view the assault as a great thing.
Laurence M. Vance [send him mail] writes from central Florida. He is the author of The Free Society; War, Christianity, and the State: Essays on the Follies of Christian Militarism; War, Empire, and the Military: Essays on the Follies of War and U.S. Foreign Policy; King James, His Bible, and Its Translators, and many other books. His newest book is The U.S. Proxy War in Ukraine.
