Happy Burn-A-Flag Day

#politics #journal &#xA; I lie awake on the 4th of July as they celebrate what is --- very charitably --- the end of a failed experiment. How fitting that they express themselves through decorative explosives. &#xA; How many have lain awake to the sound of American bombs, knowing they might die at any moment? &#xA; "The rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night…