Log cabins—ubiquitous and appropriately rustic—started taking on an all-American sheen ... log cabin is emblazoned on money and sewn onto flags; it fascinates modern artists like Will Ryman ...

And Carlson hosts it from a gaudy facsimile of a log cabin. The set is constructed almost entirely of wood, or a wood-like substance. Just behind Carlson’s chair is a backlit American flag.