A salute to Father’s Everywhere. The Moderate Voice’s father can be seen in this photo in the water (CLICK on the photo to see it bigger), still fishing and going strong at 86. We salute all fathers today — but especially TMV’s father who is part of the World War II generation…someone who did his part for his country, saw things he still won’t talk about, then came back from the war, and put all of his energies into earning a living and raising his family. He tried to instill in his kids a strong sense of ethics and values.
On Father’s Day you must ask yourself: can I pass along the very best things I learned from my Father to the world? If we all could do that, the world would be a better place with each generation.
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.