two weeks ago I was in Nashville and heard journalist Forrest Sawyer use the terms "nativism" and "American exceptionalism" in the same breath, but between swigs from his little blue bottle of water, which he made a point to rotate in such a way between sips that the label always faced the audience and the cameras. It was an interesting experience, so profoundly revealing yet so...well.... He also made succinct a point about the opinion held by everyone outside the U.S.: when compared to Islamic fundamentalists, the administration of our own country is far more dangerous. Then he took another sip from his bottle and set it back down. Label forward.
