A double standard can sometimes be generated by someone, simply, reaching an age that allows he or she to see that there are numerous shades of gray in issues. We are not happy about this situation. We would rather not have been attacked ! I, for one, am proud of many of my seeming double standards. They indicate a certain flexibility---a commendable ability to change one's mind when the facts demand a response other than the one adopted 30 years earlier for a different war. This time the mule has been hit firmly up side the head with a two-by-four. It ought to be clear that the animal is justified in deciding to kick.

Art Thieme