Nobody likes paying taxes, but American culture seems to increasingly treat taxation as a something close to a crime committed by the ruling class.
The people who used to be called "queer" are looking more conventional in the United States these days, and some of the most tradition-bound institutions in the country are cautiously coming to accept them.
America is feeling invaded by a uniformed force moving into some very private places, with a mission that's being decried as "scope and grope."
America is watching her climb glaciers on TV, court controversy on the internet and back political candidates nationwide, adjusting to the increasingly obvious idea Sarah Palin really does have her eyes on the U.S. presidency.
If a grown man likes to dress up and pretend he's a Nazi killer, is that a problem?