Public Proclamations

What we choose to say about who we are in bumper stickers and lawns signs and whether we should at all.

I can’t help but notice bumper stickers like the one on the rusted Chevy Silverado parked beside me at Weigel’s yesterday afternoon as I filled up the tank. Underneath a black-and-white American flag, the sticker read TRY THAT IN A SMALL TOWN.

If you had functioning ears this past summer, you probably came across the Jason Aldean song that inspired that …