Sadly, television has become the lobotomy of children’s imagination. Before its advent, we played outdoors and created our own games. We played Tag-You’re-It, Pirates, Cowboys and Indians – or whatever games we made up. In those days there was no adult-supervised structured recreation for children. We had no soccer practice, no little league – nothing. We…

Dear Editor, During my young adulthood, I earned minimum wages washing dishes, washing cars, scrubbing toilets, and mopping floors – and sadly, even less when unscrupulous entrepreneurs found ways to exploit their workers and pay them below the required minimum wage. As for myself, the daydreams I held throughout those years of struggle and drudgery…

Dear Editor, I really can’t fault millennial men for ditching suits and ties. After all, Richard Nixon wore a suit and tie when he told the nation that he wasn’t a crook. He was lying; he was a crook. Henry Kissinger was also wearing a suit and tie when he told the nation that the U.S….

Dear Editor, For a number of years, like many others, I too fell under the spell of the ever-smiling Dalai Lama. That is, until reality awakened me, and I learned that the CIA was paying His Holiness (the Buddhist monk sworn to poverty) the handsome annual salary of $186,000 to keep alive the myth that all…

With a flash across the evening news, Monrovia’s local station claimed a sighting of celebrities, who had recently gained fame. They had appeared upon the scene, not very long ago, and now their photos could be gleaned on every TV Show. There were never two more handsome than these, free on the run. No finer…

Dear Editor, Despite the evidence that our nation has the most gun violence among developed countries, isn’t it perverse that legislators in many states continue to enact “right to carry” laws? It’s an irony that guns were far better controlled during the years of the lawless Wild West, than they are today. Remember Wyatt Earp, the “law…

Dear Editor, Why, I wonder, is society often indignant (and sometimes enraged) when each new generation brings forth fresh thinking that departs from tradition? Monica Sanchez discusses this phenomenon in her excellent article…particularly Grievance #3: “They have no respect for authority.” In my opinion, those Millennials, who justifiably lose respect for authority deserve praise, because…