BY AND LARGE

COMMON SENSE 101, FIRST QUESTION, WHAT HAPPENED TO 'BY AND LARGE'? 'BY AND LARGE' IMPLIES A CONSENSUS BASED UPON DATA. 'BY AND LARGE,' AMERICA IS AND HAS BEEN THE LEADING COUNTRY IN WORLD IN TRADITIONS OF HUMANENESS, INNOVATION AND RELIGIOSITY. YOU'D NEVER KNOW IT TODAY AS THE RATIONALITY GAP KEEPS EXPANDING.

THOSE (LEFT) WHO SUPPORT ABORTION ON DEMAND AS A RIGHT VS. THOSE (RIGHT) SAVING PREEMIE BABIES AND FOSTERING ADOPTIONS.

THOSE (LEFT) WHO "PARTY HEARTY" AT MARDI GRAS DURING A WEEK THAT IS "SO FUN," VS. THOSE (RIGHT) WHO - PRE-LENT AND PRO MODERATION - PURSUE CONSERVATIVE PAST-TIMES NEAR HOME.

THOSE (LEFT) WHO APPLAUD COARSE PUBLIC DISPLAYS, SENSELESS COURT VERDICTS THAT ENRICH LAWYERS AND OUTRAGEOUS SCANDALS VS. THOSE (RIGHT) WHO TRY DAILY TO RETRIEVE A CULTURE THAT HAS LOST ITS MOORINGS.

THOSE (LEFT) WHO RATE FUNDAMENTALIST RELIGION AS FASCISM VS. THOSE (RIGHT) WHO KNOW RELIGION IS MAN'S LAST, BEST HOPE FOR SANITY.

TYPICAL OF ACADEME, WHERE THE PHILOSOPHER PLATO TAUGHT, QUESTIONING SHOULD TRUMP FINDING ANSWERS. ENQUIRY, HOWEVER, DOES NOT ABANDON THE POSSIBILITY OF DISCOVERING THE PHRASE 'BY AND LARGE' WHICH, BY THE WAY, COMES FROM A NAUTICAL IDEA THAT A BOAT 'ON THE WHOLE' WEATHERS WEATHER AND CONTRASTING WIND CONDITIONS WELL.

HINT: 'BY AND LARGE,' BEING ON THE RIGHT IS BETTER THAN LEFT. LEFT ORIGINATES FROM THE ROOT SINISTER. RIGHT, WELL... YOU TAKE IT FROM THERE.