Life involves effort and growth. You won't grow by watching a situation comedy, though you can grow by reading a book. I hope we aren't becoming a nation of watchers, because what made us great is that we've always been a nation of doers.
A broader reading of history shows that appeasement, no matter how it is labeled, never fulfills the hopes of the appeasers.
My doctors told me this morning my blood pressure is down so low that I can start reading the newspapers.
The joke in our family is that we can cry reading the phone book.