Team USA Should Pick Ibtihaj Muhammad as Flagbearer in Rio

In theory, the Olympics are a respite from the problems of the real world. More than 10,000 of the world's greatest athletes gather peacefully in one place to compete, as the International Olympic Committee would have it, in the name of a greater human harmony. To preserve the supposed purity of this break from the messy conflicts beyond the Games, the Olympic charter prohibits any "demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda" in Olympic "sites, venues, or areas.