Attorney Doug Phillips says, "He who defines, wins." I reluctantly agree. So move over, Star Wars; we are intended casualties of word wars, a definition demolition derby. During the last quarter century, particularly, we Americans have seen a wholesale assault on expressions, from annoying advertising pitches to rulings by the Supreme Court.

On the simply annoying end of the communication contortion spectrum, we have the red tag half-price car sale, the small print of which says, "The price you see is half the price you pay." Then the language abuse becomes more serious. Soldiers are not outnumbered; they are in a target-rich environment. Evolution, a philosophy that says randomness produces complexity, is called science.

Promiscuity and sodomy are no longer sexual sins; they are "being sexually active" and "sexual orientation." Marriage is being redefined as homosexual relationships in addition to heterosexual relationships. A human baby under construction is now a fetus, a nonperson (shades of Dred Scott). An abortionist is not a murderer; he is a provider. Taxation without representation, including funding for abortions, is now economic stimulus. This contortion of the language is an old communist ploy: Never call anything by its real name.

Now, a certain nationally known personality wants to categorize conservatives as terrorists. I can hear Tevye from Fiddler on the Roof lamenting, "Where does it stop? Where does it stop?" Here and soon, I pray.

I propose that we conservatives call a halt to the liberal spin on expressions and return to honest definitions. Two can play the definition game. For example, I submit that embryonic stem-cell research is an updated form of cannibalism. I further submit that terrorists are remorse-free people who kill people, particularly the unaware and the helpless. And because I stand on the Bible's definition that preborn humans are persons, I submit that abortionists are not providers, but terrorists operating legally, thanks to a diabolical decision by the Supreme Court.

I call for a return to integrity in the use of terminology.