If There Is A Reason To Believe

... For All Our Alarm, It Is Clear That The Religious Right Is Responding To A Real Hunger In Our Society... A Deep-seated Yearning For Stable Values... When Conservative Christian Groups Talk Of Failures In Our Educational System, The Erosion Of Our Moral Standards, And The Waste Of Young Lives, They Are Addressing Real And Legitimate Concerns... Among Secularists, The Aversion Toward Discussion Of Moral Values, Let Alone Religion, Can Reach Absurd Extremes.

But You Know, My Dad Called Me The Laziest White Kid He Ever Met. When I Screamed Back At Him That He Was Putting Down A Race Of People To Call Me Lazy, His Answer Was That's Not What He Was Doing, And That I Was Also The Dumbest White Kid He Ever Met.

We Got Ratings. It Isn't That They Won't Quarrel With You, Or Say You're Always Right. But As Long As You Stay Strong And The Ratings Are Good And You're Reasonable - I Don't Think We Fought Unreasonably. We Basically Won That Right.

Maybe They Continued To Agree With Archie Bunker - As I Said Earlier, You Can't Change People's Minds, But You Can Get Them To Think.

My Dad Called Me Meat Head Dead From The Neck Up.