It seems I can’t go out for a meal anymore without someone at a nearby table loudly and unabashedly dropping F-bombs left and right. Apparently, that’s where our society is at these days. Even some in elevated positions are now publicly using such language and having it hailed in the media as a sign of a strong connection with lower and middle-class America. I don’t get that. I’m definitely middle class and no prig when it comes to such matters, but I also believe there’s a proper time and place for everything. Unless one suffers from coprolalia, there really is no excuse for subjecting total strangers to such coarseness in a public setting.

I’ll admit, occasionally, that I too can be quite the potty mouth. I didn’t grow up in a home where cussing was the norm, but that’s not to say my pa

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