Do you remember those bumper stickers that said,“ The moral majority is neither.” The evangelicals have tried to take over the vocabulary of morality and ethics, as the Republicans successfully took over the vocabulary of politics.

Liberal used to mean open minded, educated, able to see another’s point of view. Now it’s just a political epithet since Newt Gingrich. Accuracy in speech went the way of civility and cooperation. Gay used to mean carefree and happy. Now look what’s happened to it.