Values of Steel in 30 Days

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Values are big in this time of change and prosperity. From the weary political arguments about "character" and "family values" (as if single, childless people have no claim to values) to an emphasis on ethics courses in law schools to our very own Congress on Professional Education and its Task Force on Values, there is something in the air; something that speaks to a search for meaning. Odd, is it not, that we heard almost none of this less than a decade ago, when the country was mired in deficits and recession and library budgets were being slashed? We need values and meaning to sustain us in hard times, but in comfortable times we only talk about them.

However, tough times will come again, and today's discussions on values may …