It's impossible to expect polite behavior from people who've never witnessed it.

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.

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

People in positions of power and privilege have a duty to perform at a higher level. If not them, then who?

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.

Freedom is a messy affair, and sometimes people get their feelings hurt but we think the trade-off is worth the aggravation.