Does Rosenbaum mention the circumstances of the case in his argument - children being forced to render a salute during the pledge? No.

Well, you'd have to go back to the previous page and connect the anecdote about the Jehovah's Witnesses in Nazi Germany to the relation of the second Supreme Court case. Yes, the writer expects the reader to follow a sustained argument from point to point over several paragraphs. Insulting!

It's fabulous that you're able to decry a poignant article about the meaning of patriotism and the history of its conception in America as an exercise in petty name-calling, and manage to still work in the shot that Obama disrespects our nation.