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It seems that no one wants to tackle the tough things alone anymore. When was the last time you heard, ”Please, Mother, I`d rather do it myself”?

The me`s have become we`s. The solos have merged into marchers, mergers, clinics, consortiums, condominiums, conferences, commissions, coalitions, sessions, seminars, task forces, groups, gangs–epidemics.

Anyone taking the bull by the horns has a crew of five to help toss it. Plucky is yucky. Will power is pill power. Praise the Lord is please the horde. Even the hero sandwich serves 12.

Jack-the-giant-killer, Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone, Robert Fulton, Eli Whitney, Joan of Arc. Where are you?