Following his service, Prine worked as a mail courier. The opening lines in this song were inspired by one of his mail routes. Prine describes finding a small flag decal in Reader’s Digest. Despite ...

John Prine sang about many things, but several of his songs focused on one topic: war. Prine, a veteran himself, often spoke on the heartbreaking reality of conflict and the bitter taste it can leave ...

Now that prayers have been officially invoked as to the just cause of our “war on a whim,” we can embrace our destiny. Grab your flag and Bible. Above all, do not listen to the John Prine song “Your ...