RALLY TO RESTORE SANITY

While the junior high locker room language detracts from the maturity of the coming “Rally to Restore Sanity”, such a gathering in Washington D. C. and various parts of the world is long overdue.  Seems like many people are tired of the paranoid politics our country has inflicted on itself. Jon Stewart hopes for a nonpolitical program and believes that 75 percent to 85 percent of Americans are “reasonable people”.  He is inviting these people to come to D. C. on October 30 to support one another and send a message of sensibility to the nation and the world. Satalite simultaneous rallies are springing up spontaneously throughout the U. S. and foreign countries.  Joining Stewart and adding to the satire is  Stephen Colbert”s “March to Keep Fear Alive.”  That combination, plus their guest entertainers, should keep us laughing at ourselves at a time when we need to lighten up.

MALLARD THE BIGOTED DUCK

How do you tame a wild duck?  The San Antonio Express News wants to reign in the “Mallard Filmore” comic strip without descending to censorship.  Like other readers I need the comic relief sometimes found in the comics in these times of pop negativity in the rest of the news.  This paper, however, is a family newspaper and needs to responsibly edit its content especially on this page where all of us can find respite.  My solution, to be fair to all, would be to return Mallard to the editorial pages where he can feed on other fear-driven characters.  I would hope that we Christians would lead the way out of bigotry by showing our maturity and security in our religion by respecting the religion of others as Jesus did.  Jesus gave us his bottom-line commandment which is to love God and our neighbors as ourselves.