Fathers in the home

About 6 months ago Bill O’Reilly spent about a week of programs covering the lack of fathers in the home. He received some flack for this but nothing like I thought he would. In the past whenever this subject was broached the person bringing it up was accused of being a racist. One of the main reasons for this kind of accusation was the vested interest that has evolved over the past 50 years in promoting government intervention in the inner cities. As a part of the Great Society, programs were developed to help people in the inner cities who were mostly minorities. At that time about 25% of the mothers were not married and today that figure is 75%. Statistics show that this has been a disaster for young black males. Crime rates, drop-out rates and drug usage have brought havoc to these neighborhoods. Yesterday President Obama gave the most meaningful speech of his presidency when he announced a program designed to reverse the trend toward single mother families. Perhaps this will awaken those who have avoided this subject and get the country on the road to doing something about it.