"Yeh, it's sad, believe me, Missy When you're born to be a sissy Without the vim and verve." Reading today's Opinion columns made me think of the cowardly lion from The Wizard of Oz. The columns include a long lecture about civility from Gabriel, the possible benefits of artificial turf from Allhands, and the threat to artificial insemination. No word on the Republican debacle in Congress and the farcical reasons our Republican Representatives voted for Jim Jordon or Biden's performance coping with the Israeli/Palestinian crisis and his National broadcast, or the UAW strikes or the actors' strike in California, Trump's gathering legal woes with ex pals turning on him or the effects of the rapidly warming oceans, or ASU President Michael Crow's press release about the Turning Point incident. Artificial Turf, the benefit of civility and artificial insemination are what Arizona voters need to read about and understand. That's why we buy The Arizona Republic - to enlighten and educate us about the most important issues of the day. Isn't it?