AMERICA WAS FOUNDED AS AN EXPERIMENT, ONE THE FOUNDERS KNEW COULD ONLY FUNCTION AS A BASTION OF LIBERTY IF GROUNDED IN AN UNCHANGING MORALITY. IS IT ANY WONDER THEN, GIVEN THE CURRENT AGE AND ALL THAT LED UP TO IT, THAT THE EXPERIMENT PRESENTLY SURVIVES ONLY OFF THE FUMES OF OUR FOREBEARS' TOIL? BUT THAT'S NONE OF MY BUSINESS.