DAVID M. PETROU, Eisner, Petrou & Associates, Inc.
It's a symptom of our post-Vietnam, post-Watergate cynicism to say we live in an age devoid of heroes. And particularly in this year when the media fixation on scandal is evidently insatiable, that unfortunate viewpoint has only deepened. In part, our adulation of John Glenn - a genuine hero from a somewhat more innocent era - is in direct proportion to the daily debunking that's endemic to our tabloid age. We ...