I do not pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. This pledge—a mechanically-repeated affirmation of loyalty inculcated in children by rote—is the legacy of the socialist progressive movement in the late 1800s. Its author, Francis Bellamy, was a self-avowed “Christian socialist” (who loved to preach that “Jesus was a Socialist”) whose … Continue reading Why I Do Not Pledge Allegiance to the Flag