Hollywood has now raped the Marlboro Man. It has taken a revered symbol of America -- the cowboy -- with all the powerful emotions and associations that are rooted deep down in the pioneering American soul, and grafted onto it a self-destructive lifestyle it wants to force down Americans' throats. |
I always love hearing from young people. But when I hear that my book has helped free someone from the horribly corrupting pressures that suck millions of kids into self-destructive lifestyles ? well, as a dad, that means a lot to me. |
This problem of teacher sexual predators in schools is just one of a thousand huge, daunting problems facing the public school system. |