Morley Merriss: Recalling a greater generation

I’m looking at my father’s burial flag tonight and wondering what he might have thought about the war. Not the one he fought and never discussed, but the internal one in his country now. He was a veteran of World War II in the Pacific, a walnut farmer in Visalia. He passed in 1989, 20 days after he retired from Early Cal Foods at the age of 76.

I think, like me, he would not like the class warfare, the pundits of smart in the media who make a living criticizing those they know nothing about. The politics and endless noise that solves nothing nor offers a solution or even discussion.

I can only remember my dad. If you have such a dad, mother, brother, sister, child, put your politics aside, remember them. And ask yourself, what would they think?

This story was originally published September 14, 2015 at 4:50 PM with the headline "Morley Merriss: Recalling a greater generation."