Reply #122: Moyers had a great op/ed out the other day...

[Sapphocrat]

...I wish I could find it now.

But that's exactly right: The Wrong Wing declared the "culture war" (while the fabled "War on Christmas" appears to be a more recent invention).

Back in 1992 it hit me hard that Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, and the rest of their ilk wished me dead. Me and most of my women friends.

Ditto whoever it was doing the demonizing and carrying out the stake-burning in 1662 -- and 1442, and...

And I wish history books were capable of imparting reflection as well as knowledge, so that experiences like yours and mine didn't have to serve as reminders to everyone else that Santayana was right.

Thanks for the kind words, Hekate. And I have a feeling your husband's karma won't suffer. ;)