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Following high-profile national anthem protests, lawmakers passed a local ordinance requiring citizens to “stand solemnly and deport themselves with dignity” while the anthem is played. Before conservatives cheer this development too loudly, they should know the law was enacted last year in Hong Kong and refers to “March of the Volunteers,” the anthem extolling communism in the People’s Republic of China. More than 8,000 miles away, Republican legislators in Tennessee and Texas have similar designs on forced patriotism. While Hong Kong soccer fans booing the Chinese n...

90 years ago today, on March 3, 1931, Pres. Herbert Hoover made the Star-Spangled Banner the national anthem.

Today is: National Anthem Day

San Francisco Board of Education advances plan to rename 44 schools --The resolution was passed nearly unanimously by a vote of 6-1 Tuesday evening. | 27 Jan 2021 | The San Francisco Board of Education will advance a controversial plan to rename 44 schools in the city. On Tuesday evening, the board approved a resolution by a vote of 6-1 to change school names that honored

Today: Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 46. North wind around 5 mph becoming east after midnight. High temperatures are expected to rise into the upper 70s to low 80s over the course of the week, peaking on Friday. Courtesy of HistoryNet: 1757 Birth of Alexander Hamilton, first U.S. Secretary of Treasury, killed in a duel with Aaron Burr. 1843 Francis Scott Key, author of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” dies in Baltimore. 1861 Alabama secedes from the Union. 1862 Lincoln accepts Simon Cameron’s resignation as Secretary of War. 1864 Birth of H. George Selfridge, founder of Selfridg...