After visiting Fort McHenry, I reflected upon the flag that was still there after the British assault, and which gave rise to our national anthem. Does that banner still wave over the land of the free and the home of the brave? The flag represents America’s existence, but also symbolizes what America represents—freedom. That’s why…

One day in April, Dan Regenold was sitting at his desk, handling a $1 bill, when the words on its flip side, “In God We Trust,” seemed to leap off the paper. Regenold began to wonder: How many times had he—and many other Americans—looked at U.S. currency without giving those words, our national motto, a…

The motto “In God We Trust” is being displayed in a growing number of Texas schools thanks to a law that recently went into effect requiring its display in a prominent location in public schools and institutions of higher education in the Lone Star state. Texas state Sen. Bryan Hughes, a Republican, co-authored Senate Bill…