Francesca brought up the topic of the American culture wars yesterday, which I think are pretty puzzling to Europeans, and coincidentally I later read a really good comment on the topic by Pentimento. A big chunk of her post is a quote from Tertium Quid, who blogs at From Burke to Kirk, and you should click through and read his post, too (or go directly here). I’m resisting the temptation just to quote Pentimento’s very insightful last paragraph; go thou and read.