Thomas Sowell has offered this short but very insightful article titled "'Issues' or America" and comments on one of those old adages--cannot see the forest for the trees.  He reminds us of the Constitution and only a few things that have been done to dismantle it. 

Please read the article.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/08/21/issues_or_america_115161.html