Hunger Holiday

At graduation time, the media would never depresses us with dropout statistics. But Halloween becomes a day for child safety concerns. Christmas exposes the plight of the homeless. And Thanksgiving, you guessed it - hunger and poverty run rampant. Even in Fayette county. Are we to be thankful for hunger and poverty as reported on the front pages of the Record-Herald? This is in stark contrast with the pound and a quarter of flyers included in my paper, surfeit with Christmas offerings from stores soliciting buyers for their goods. Why must our community’s news media buy into the national obsession with misleading, depressing and over-blown statistics on days of national celebration when you and I know what we have to be thankful for, what God has blessed us with in America today, and what are minor exceptions to the rules of responsible living? If passion and pity rightly belong to the realm of voluntary charity and if parenting ultimately determines a family’s lifestyle, why not admit there’s a need for more education? I refuse to be dragged down into a joyless, unreal world of hunger and poverty. Look around you and you will see that most Americans have more than they will ever need of both creature comforts and optimism.