AUSTIN — Informed citizenship in our great nation requires a certain flexibility. My favorite moment, so far, was hearing a scholar on CNN present a biblical exegesis of the theory that oral sex does not constitute adultery.

By that time, the scandal already had its own logo: "Crisis in the White House," just like the Gulf War and Dead Diana. As columnist Frank Rich of The New York Times put it, "All Monica, All the Time." By the time we got to the allegations ...

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