Editorials by Ferdie Deering
  
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SOCIAL BEHAVIOR
  
TITLE DATE
  Cost of Being Poor Increasing 7/6/1974  
  Barbarians May Yet Win Out 7/10/1974  
  Cooperstown Next Female Target? 8/14/1974  
  Other Corruption Needs Correction 8/26/1974  
  Being Gentleman Lost Art Today 9/4/1974  
  Smoking Curbs May Just Be Start 10/10/1974  
  House-Buying Dodgers Irresponsible 10/28/1974  
  Maybe Modesty's 'In' This Year 11/21/1974  
 
 
  Must We Subsidize Radical Ideas? 2/13/1975  
  Radicals' Backers Near Treason 2/18/1975  
  Creative Handling of Fear Challenge 2/26/1975  
  Majority Watches Tyranny Happen 5/12/1975  
  An Unruly Youth Is Someone's Child 5/30/1975  
  Television Has Many Faults, But Time Wasted by People 12/23/1975  
 
 
  Average of American's Faults, Qualities Comes Out Too Low 2/12/1976  
  Campus-Burners' Irresponsibility Showing Up In Environment Policy 3/9/1976  
  Patronage Tries Campus Return 3/11/1976  
  Patty Hearst Makes Poor Example 3/30/1976  
  Fads Good, But Won't Hold Job 4/8/1976  
  People Who Favor Moral Society Not Making Their Feelings Known 4/20/1976  
  Integrity Loss Seen Everywhere 6/15/1976  
  Alcoholism a Leading Destroyer of Life, Health to Americans 7/27/1976  
  Big Lie Ruins Youthful Lives 8/24/1976  
  Staying in School Could Be First Step to Staying Out Of Penitentiary 8/31/1976  
  Communities Find Neighborliness Can Make Successful Comeback 10/5/1976  
  Youngsters With Resourcefulness, Ambition Can Succeed With Effort 11/30/1976  
 
 
  Anonymous Pranksters' Action Result of Rebellion or Boredom? 2/1/1977  
  New Drugs, Attitudes Hold Peril 4/27/1977  
  Clothes Remain Mirror of Status 5/5/1977  
  Overt Sexual, Moral Perversion Violating Rights of U. S. Majority 5/7/1977  
  Discriminate Use Indiscriminant 7/5/1977  
  Sociobiology Another Assault 8/30/1977  
  Current Attitudes Encourage Theft 9/30/1977  
  Human Nature Won't Be Altered 10/4/1977  
  Choice Overlooked in Gay Hassle 10/11/1977  
  Teens' Misdeeds Hurt Others, Too 10/13/1977  
  Bigot Attacks Threaten Values 10/25/1977  
  Communications With Youth Needed 11/15/1977  
 
 
  Truth Taking a Beating Nowadays 1/10/1978  
  Is Honesty Test an Infringement? 2/14/1978  
  Decline in Morality Fosters Stealing 3/23/1978  
  Profanity Meant to Be Ugly, Insulting 5/9/1978  
  Career Clothes Offset 'Sloppy Chic' 7/13/1978  
  It's Too Bad So Many Invite Trouble 9/14/1978  
  Alcohol's Toxic Effects Easy to Find 11/2/1978  
  Smut Rides High With Court Backing 11/15/1978  
  Truth Needed in More Than One Way 12/14/1978  
 
 
  Minorities Thwart Will of Majority 2/8/1979  
  Today's World Largely Impersonal 3/22/1979  
  Minding Own Business Not So Easy 4/19/1979  
  Can You Believe What You Hear? 6/7/1979  
  Mob Protests Solution to Nothing 6/12/1979  
  U.S. Becoming Nation of Skeptics 7/5/1979  
  Pill-Popping Society Easily Promoted 9/20/1979  
  Minority Intent on Stifling Progress 10/2/1979  
 
 
  Censorship Has Different Meanings 3/6/1980  
  Greed Makes Con Games Possible 5/1/1980  
  Homes, Not Houses, Need Attention 6/19/1980  
  Air Conditioning Shapes Our Society 7/8/1980  
  Use of Scare Words Sometimes Costly 9/11/1980  
  It's Time for Business Suites, Neckties 9/16/1980  
  'What We Need Are Better People' 9/30/1980  
  U.S. Subsidizing Population Growth 10/2/1980  
  Should Bad Grammar Be Banned? 10/7/1980  
  There's Real Art to Good Listening 11/13/1980  
  Standard of Decency Disappearing 12/4/1980  
 
 
  Demands for Animal Rights Heard Now 1/20/1981  
  People Move in Search of Better Lives 2/5/1981  
  Morality Essential for Civilization 2/24/1981  
  'Think Small' Notion Leads Backwards 3/3/1981  
   Food Stamps Illustrate Our Problems 3/10/1981  
  Self-Reliance Has Its Own Rewards 4/9/1981  
  Neat Lawns Seem to Be Contagious 5/14/1981  
  Public Can Influence TV Programming 7/9/1981  
  Literature Pattern May Be Changing 7/28/1981  
  Sad But True, There's Too Much Lying 7/30/1981  
  'Normal People' Have Rights, Too 8/27/1981  
  Can The Earth Avoid Overpopulation? 11/10/1981  
  Young Achievers Set Tone for 80's 12/3/1981  
  How Poverty Acts as Great Motivator 12/10/1981  
  Thinking Machines Aren't Far Away 12/22/1981  
  Tomorrow Better If You Plan Ahead 12/31/1981  
 
 
  Why Teach Young People Bad Habits? 1/5/1982  
  Like Charity, Killing Can Start at Home 1/19/1982  
  Nation Failing as Teacher of Morality 3/25/1982  
  Why Take Demonstrators Seriously? 4/13/1982  
  Discriminating Against Smokers Legal 4/27/1982  
  'Nobody Screams The Good News' 5/13/1982  
  Liquor Has No Redeeming Social Value 5/18/1982  
  Our System Makes It Easy for Cheaters 6/15/1982  
  How Our Society's 'Mix' Is Changing 7/8/1982  
  'One-Pulse Words' Might Be Better 7/20/1982  
  Right and Wrong Can't Be Negotiated 8/5/1982  
  Crowd Estimates Usually Exaggerated 8/12/1982  
  There's Always Time for Celebration 8/24/1982  
  Pornography Seems to Be Inescapable 9/14/1982  
  Bad Guys Become the Heroes Now 10/7/1982  
  Moral Groups Fighting Pornography 10/12/1982  
  Art of Complaining Keeps Growing 10/21/1982  
  Our Habits Make Us What We Are 10/26/1982  
  What Does Our Handwriting Mean? 12/2/1982  
  Where's Good Old American Honesty? 12/21/1982  
 
 
  Writing Becoming Abnormal Act? 2/24/1983  
  We Are Cheating Our Children If . . . 3/29/1983  
  Should Self-Gratification Come First? 4/21/1983  
  Discriminating Against the Achievers 4/26/1983  
  Half the World Waits for the Others 6/2/1983  
  Too Much to Know, So Why Worry? 7/19/1983  
  The Unsuspected Influence of Change 8/18/1983  
  Middle of the Road Goes Nowhere 8/24/1983  
  We Adapt to Changes Comfortably 8/30/1983  
  The Melting Pot Becomes Stew Pot 9/6/1983  
  Loud Music Can Spoil Excellent Food 9/15/1983  
  Minor Matters We Can Worry About 9/27/1983  
  Time Twiddlers Kidding Them Selves 10/27/1983  
  Better House, But Not Better Home 12/15/1983  
 
 
  Straightest Road Usually The Best 1/3/1984  
  If It's Too Good To Be True It Likely Is 1/17/1984  
  Why Television Turns Viewers Away 2/21/1984  
  A Special Prayer For Use On Highways 4/3/1984  
  Harvesting Fruits of New Morality 4/26/1984  
  Doing Something About Litterbugs 5/10/1984  
  Facts About Increasing Use of Alcohol 6/5/1984  
  Discrimination: Plenty for Everybody 6/20/1984  
  Progress Measured by Materialism 6/29/1984  
  Morality as Scarce Now as Clothing 8/2/1984  
  Truth Needs All The Help It Can Get 10/30/1984  
 
 
  Drug Profits Root of Our Problems 2/19/1985