[Dr. Eckleburg]

I've been away from this thread, too. No surprise it's contentious, given Noonan's idiotic, intentionally inflammatory, pathetically misleading subtitle:

Was the president's speech a case of "mission inebriation"?

"Inebriation" ???

That word sets the tone for the ensuing hit piece. No doubt it was chosen with great forethought.

Per Dictionary.com...

in·e·bri·a·tion (noun) -- "The condition of being intoxicated, as with alcohol."

[ohioWfan]

Unbelieveable twists have taken place on this thread, Dr. E.

I have always respected Peggy, and agree with much of what she writes and says (though she's a tad touchy feely for me), but this one is a "poser."

Why would she use, as you so aptly call it "inflammatory" words like she did? Why would she accuse the President of talking about God too much, when Presidents since George Washington have been talking about him in speeches to an even greater degree.

I still find it very strange, and wonder what she was thinking when she penned this.

[Red Sea Swimmer]

If I am inebriated with God, then I must be a spiritual drunk.