Blue ribbons are fine but boys need dads

It was good to see 20,000 Penn State students come out recently for a vigil to express their deep compassion for the boys who were victims of sexual abuse at the famed school. These students wore blue ribbons and chose to stand apart from those — estimated at 3,000 — who had rioted when the legendary Nittany Lions coach Joe Paterno was summarily forced out of his job heading the school’s football program.