Now that there are no more heros we point up entertainers as role models, and our appreciation of them is based almost entirely upon the amount of money they amass. A very wealthy man may indeed be an admirable character and make use of his money in a way that may enlarge his true worth. Howard Hughes and Jim Hall are examples. It seems tragic for the young to feel that the only thing worth doing is to make money, totally oblivious to the question of character. Something is wrong here, and we cannot blame it all on television.
Liberation proceeds apace in South Africa.
It would appear that mayors as a group are leading the march. I guess this is social progress. Of course, there is a good side down there too. In Johannesburg recently, a felon fleeing from the police racked up his car in the zoo. In attempting to escape he jumped into the gorilla cage.