I was born and raised in a small town in North Dakota. Without giving away my birth date I will say that I remember when radio provided the entertainment. Jack Benny, Amos and Andy and the Shadow kept us listening. Then Eisenhower became president and along came black and white TV. Jack Benny made the transition, Ed Sullivan ruled Sunday nights, and Cookie combed his hair on 77 Sunset Strip. The Cold War was real and scary. We practiced nuclear bomb drills and hiding under our desks. Not that it would have done us any good but it made the teachers feel be more...