Heroes of What?

It wasn’t too long ago that I came across an article which spoke of a survey taken by the World Almanac and Book of Facts which dealt with the subject of heroes and today’s young people. This survey polled 2000 eighth grade American students to learn which persons they most admired and would most want to be like when they grow up. These young people were asked to name their top 30 heroes. And not without surprise, the leading vote getter was a male screen actor. In fact, there was not a single...