Commentary I have fond memories of television programming in the 1950s and early ’60s. Although the stern stoic uncle who raised me habitually referred to TV as “the idiot box,” to this day I give it credit for being a positive force in my upbringing. I’m not referring here to news and sports, but to the pre-recorded television shows produced as entertainment. The programs I remember most vividly are ones that wove sound values into their storylines. The shows that I liked promoted such virtues as decency, fairness, kindness, respect for all races, patriotism, etc. As I let my mind wander down Memory Lane, I feel deep, genuine gratitude for more shows than I have space to mention. I will share a few from three different genres. The Western First, my childhood was either the Golden Age or the Last Act for that noted American genre, the western. My favorites …