BACK IN the late 1950s, our parents were appalled by the Ed Sullivan Show
that featured the gyrating Elvis Presley. But some modern TV scripts and
dialogue are simply accepted as a new era, a new generation, a new
progressive way to educate, a new form of communication.

The government's anti-drug campaign has a message (Jan. 17 editorial, "Be up
front with anti-drug messages"). Our country has become corrupt. What's
happened to family values? We have a responsibility to our children to teach
them right from wrong, to set examples as role models, to protect them from
corruption. It's sad when society favors protecting a free society over
supporting our government's efforts to screen TV shows for drug-related
content.

Hurrah that our government cares enough to change the content. Our society
is so free that we're losing our children to drugs, violence, unwanted
pregnancies and abortions. And the messages they're receiving regarding
those issues are coming from the boxes that sit in their living rooms,
bedrooms, kitchens and every other room in their homes.

Maybe it's time we re-examine what our country and our government is
supposed to be based upon: In God We Trust.