Letter: A nation in distress

In a recent letter, Erik Nystul argues that liberal-minded Americans should make more use of the American flag, including at protests and demonstrations.As he notes, the American flag is meant to symbolize equality and freedom for everyone. Those liberal ideals are engraved in the Declaration of Independence itself.Indeed, since the issuing of the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, those same ideals — spelled out in great detail — have become widely