Great nations don't have to remind others of their greatness. They merely have to be great.

To be more specific, the evangelical, right-wing, oogedy-boogedy branch of the GOP is what ails the erstwhile conservative party and will continue to afflict and marginalize its constituents if reckoning doesn't soon cometh.

If you don't like tomato soup, you don't buy tomato soup.

Great nations don't have to remind others of their greatness. They merely have to be great.

But principles defended at the expense of pragmatic application is the business of priests.

For justice to have any meaning, it must also mean that no innocent person should ever be executed.

Of course, certain religious expressions are fine. If a tribe of Aqualishes wants to boil rhino horns in frog saliva on the National Mall to honor their deity, we'd have a commemorative postage stamp ready by next December. But let a Christian mention the baby Jesus to a kindergarten class and the ACLU wants an exorcism.