The United States is composed of 329 million people spread over 3.8 million square miles. In population and landmass, it's a pretty big place. But those are not the only criteria that matter.
Morality matters, too. And on Sunday, by that measure at least, this country seemed rather small. That, of course, was the day we used tear gas against children.
It began at a border crossing in San Diego, when a group of Central American refugees who had been packed into what the Los Angeles Times described as a tent city that "smells strongly of sewage" while they waited to apply for asylum, rushed the border.