[Cicero]

Very well put. Quite a few of us have been saying much the same, but not as well and as authoritatively.

One minor correction for this article, which I hope will be passed around as it deserves: “extremist tenants” should read “extremist tenets.”

[Sergeant Tim]

Thanks. Alas, diction remains a notch below my lack of tact on my personal list of shortcomings.

[TXnMA]

LOL! With my failing eyesight, I keep web pages "blown up" enough that I can see only a few posts at a time. If I'd scrolled down more, I could have saved all of us some extra reading/writing... :-(

Tim, your "diction...tact" saying fits me pretty well, too -- mind if I use it on occasion?