I've been hearing a particular term a lot lately. This term is actually many centuries old, but it seems that during the past two or three years or so, it's really gained popularity.

The term is 'moral relativism," and it has been hijacked by Bill O'Reilly and his fellow hardcore, right-wing, often-Christian TV and radio blabbermouth types who splash it around like high-school swimming-pool bullies shoving chlorinated tsunamis into the eyes of defenseless nerdlings.

Like 'unpatriotic" and 'against the troops," 'moral relativism" has become a term of bludgeoning and marginalization. It's usually employed when discussing hot-button issues like gay marriage, abortion, drugs, prostitution and/or pornography. Whenever anyone—usually of the liberal and libertarian ilk—defends such unwholesome activities, O'Reilly and other hardcore, right-wing, often-Christian blabbermouths announce that these defenders are 'moral relativists," then shut off their microphones and shout them down to size.

Have you heard about Conservapedia? It's a relatively new online encyclopedia that boasts a conservative bias. Aside from its Christian conservative leanings, Conservapedia looks and operates similar to Wikipedia, with the entries posted and edited by anyone who wants to.

Conservapedia was created by a high-school teacher, Andy Schlafly, in order to offset what he believed was a liberal slant on Wikipedia. And offset he did. From the minute you load it, you can see the conservolasses dripping all over the thing.