Month: January 2004

January 27, 1991 The grim TV coverage of our young Americans exposed to danger in the Saudi Arabian desert was exceeded in horror only by the spectacle of other youths — safe at home — publicly protesting the wisdom of that sacrifice. To me, their histrionics conjured up a half-century-old image of their patron saint,…

November 4, 1990Brian O’Neill snickered and smirked his way through a column which insulted Lawrence Welk on Oct. 26. It was obviously his morally illiterate, knee-jerk reaction to Mr. Welk’s grateful government that will “splurge” $500,000 to restore Mr. Welk’s boyhood home. Lawrence Welk is a genuine American hero. For openers, he is honest, gentle,…