Gold didn’t do much of anything on Wednesday until well into the trading day in London.

Way back when I was a student at Easton High School on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, my classmates and I stood together at the start of each school day and repeated the Lord’s Prayer, then pledged allegiance to the American flag. In those days, before judges ended school prayer and limited flag pledges, millions of young Americans started the school day in the same way.

So, do yourself a favor this weekend, take a moment to visit The Vietnam Memorial’s website at http://thewall-usa.com/index.asp. Take a moment to remember that no matter how you felt about that war, real humans … actual Americans paid the price. And, be they pacifists or swifties, don’t ever let anyone imply that service in Vietnam was anything but honorable duty.