1.   At tracks like Talladega and Darlington, it is hard to overlook the abundance of rebel flags in the infield camping area.

2.   Back on Peachtree Street, the rebel flags are again unfurled and the parade again floats by in ghostly slow motion.

3.   A lone staff bearing a tattered rebel flag was the only thing standing on the east side of the extensive square.

4.   Complaints have erupted over displays of the rebel flag in public buildings in Texas, including some public schools.

5.   Does that mean that anyone who admires the rebel flag is tainted with bigotry and hate?

6.   He does not fly the rebel flag, haunt the angry-white frequencies of talk radio, or claim that his race is genetically superior to all others.

7.   National television broke into regular programming almost immediately, broadcasting scenes of smoke billowing from the building and jubilant soldiers ripping the rebel flag from the compound.

8.   Seeing rebel flags still waving in Texas after so many years of controversy came as an ugly surprise.

9.   Some dusted off their Southern cliches, speaking of rebel flags and gun racks.

10.   South Carolina removed the rebel battle flag that had flown with the regular state flag and put the Confederate banner in a less prominent spot.