Ado Annie Carnes summed it up best when she sang her song, "I caint say no" in the American musical "Oklahoma."    Literally, "It aint so much a question of not knowin' what to do. I've known right from wrong since I was ten."   For Americans of a certain age who grew up with a set of values and morals that admission rang true. But for those born decades after the Rogers and Hammerstein Broadway hit, that song lyric might as well be a relic of olden tymes quoted by old fuddie duddies like me who cling to their Bibles and principles.   I remember how insulted I felt in 2008 when candidate Barack Obama said: "It's not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations."   At the time, Obama was courting Pennsylvania voters, but I remember clearly how insulted I felt that somehow my Christian morality was being conflated with something as unrelated as trade policy.    Upon later reflection, I was more incensed.   Obama attempted to characterize my people's moral opinions and lifestyle as being monolithic and outdated. He lumped them all together as if they were some leftovers, simmering in a old stewpot that had been on the back burner for far too long.   He and millions of especially younger people felt that it was time for a new cook and a new morality to redo the menu.   Obama did me a favor with his temporary moment of honesty,........

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