Pick up any newspaper these days and the headlines scream about the disintegration of our society's moral fabric. Violence, substance abuse, philandering, adultery, lying and general misanthropy are a bigger part of our daily lives than the polluted air we breathe. There is a lot of finger pointing that accompanies the sensational news coverage surrounding these unfortunate events. Conservatives blame the breakdown of family and the absence of religion in peoples' lives as the prime causes of our country's problems. Liberals criticize an uncaring society that turns its back on the poor and downtrodden.
Suburbanites denounce the seedy underbelly of the city for corrupting their children.
Urbanites blame corporate America for fleeing the inner city and leaving an economic wasteland in its wake. Stop laughing, this is serious stuff. Buick Centuries, Oldsmobile Cieras, Ford Country Squires, Toyota Camrys and Honda Accords were all available as sturdy, unassuming station wagons. Think about it. To drive home this point, let's look at what happened to the wagon market.