If we have to change the state flag, can we please agree a new one shouldn’t reflect one faction’s ideological belief system? Yeah, we’re taking about you, Karen Spilka. … And you too, Mike Kennealy and Brian Shortsleeve. … My suggested new state motto: Deus nos ab stultis servet. … Joan Vennochi has more on the Great Flag Flap 2025.

 Btw: I still think a variation of the current flag, minus the pilgrim sword hanging over the Native American’s head, is a good compromise. But no one is obviously listening to me. … 

Update — 9.30.25 – A reader sent in this Globe piece — and I’m 100 percent with the Globe’s Billy Baker: the state has come up with a great looking license plate commemorating the 250^th anniversary of the American Revolution (see below). It’s handsome, simple and eye-catching. Maybe we can do the same with a new flag.