This letter-writer (Wall St. Journal, 8/16/12) puts it well:

Regarding your editorial “The Postmodern President” (Aug. 10): Perhaps Bill Clinton was the first postmodern president depending, of course, on what the definition of “was” was (or is). The reason that the Obama campaign’s loosely woven fabrications resonate with the public is [that] we have a rising population of postmodern, university-educated minds.

Interestingly, tea partiers are vexing to postmodernists because they cling to their guns or religion, i.e., absolute truths and unalterable, God-given rights enumerated in our nation’s founding documents. These are roadblocks to free interpretation and relative “truth.”

Doug Mainwaring, Gaithersburg, Md.

We are not supposed to be sure about things, you see.