Crabtree beat Peterson again for San Francisco's second touchdown. Smith threw over the middle to the receiver, who caught the ball, then fooled Peterson with an inside move into the end zone to make it 170 with 1:41 left in the half. The 49ers drove 68 yards in eight plays, again overcoming a sack, this one by Calais Campbell, that made it secondandgoal from the 16.Mark Adickes, a guard for the Redskins in the early is an orthopedic surgeon in Houston and Baylor alum who was a natural choice when Griffin hurt his knee (video of rehab and injury is here). He had suffered what Adickes called a ACL tear and by the injury but not by the lengthy rehab. Never doubted he would recover fully and achieve his goal to play in the NFL, Adickes said in an email.

That's, I think, the cynical version. The flag becomes a symbol say in the book that the story of the flag is a story of a country in search of itself. The flag and the rhetoric of patriotism become a way to legitimize differe