Late nineteenth century America was a wild place and it took men like Paladin to tame it. In the 1950s CBS television told his story every Saturday night at 9:30.
Decisions that affect large numbers of people are often questioned, by “What if …?” There may be a few readers who remember when the prison on Alcatraz Island was closed. It was a gut-wrenching event. Jobs were lost. The public felt threatened, but it was the right decision.