I BECAME a flag-waver, literally and figuratively, about 20 years ago. This is also about the same time I started losing my hair, but I refuse to see a connection. Although, why is it more guys on the left have full heads of hair? Alec Baldwin, Michael Moore, even Ramsey Clark. Most conservatives look like Robert Novak, which is chilling news for everyone, especially the Israelis. On the other hand, when a guy on the left loses his hair he loses every single one, like James Carville. Inversely, when guys on the right keep their hair it looks a little goofy, like they have too much–Newt Gingrich, for example. (Is there a similar relationship to breast size? I certainly hope not.)
Anyway, where was I? Oh, yes. My first flag came in the mail around 1983 from the Disabled American Veterans along with a booklet explaining etiquette, and thence forward I proudly displayed it from the balcony of my swinging bachelor pad every Federal holiday. (Including Armistice Day, which I still call Armistice Day. Then again, I still shout into the phone long distance.)
