I don’t very often choose to write about my own personal life. Frankly, it’s not all that interesting or special.

But every once in awhile I become a personal spectator in the ongoing deterioration or salvation of this land and feel a certain obligation to report on it.

Sunday afternoon, following church, my seven-year-old and I stopped at a local steakhouse for lunch. On 12 screens we could see all the day’s NFL games.

As the two of us were cheering our favorite team on to victory, our sports reverie was interrupted by a promotional announcement preparing us for the arrival of a new FOX TV show next January called Temptation Island.

Four married couples are being sequestered on a luxury tropical isle with 26 eligible, desirable singles whose IRS occupation description could be charitably listed as "homewreckers."

As the ad popped up, again and again, we were treated to the sight of mostly unclothed bodies rolling in the surf and one obviously distraught man crying inconsolably over what clearly appeared to be the end of his monogamous relationship.

It made me wonder how much sooner Sodom might have been judged had its residents been allowed the luxury of 63 inch big screens.

Now, the networks are institutionalizing adultery. What’s next? Mass murder. I can see it now. There are 25 normal Americans marooned on this desert island. And one serial killer. Who will survive the "Terror Lagoon?"

I’d better not joke about such subjects. A TV programming executive may be listening to this commentary.

The only ray of hope over this depressing turn of televised events came from one table over. Another football fan, sporting his New York baseball cap, said, "Can you believe people would be willing to risk their marriages and everything that’s important in life just to be on TV?"

Sadly enough, such people do, indeed, exist. Even more depressing, there are those Americans who, in the privacy of their homes, will watch such filth.

Kind of makes you wonder how many episodes will pass before the network builds a "free clinic."

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