Here we are again. It's 2018 and another American Institution is under fire. This time it's Laura Ingalls Wilder and her beloved Little House on the Prairie . For me personally LHotP invokes memories of my childhood as the TV show was one of my mom's favorites (Michael Landon will always be one of my favorite Western heroes, both from this and especially Bonanza). How could the liberals go after such a valued tradition? You might as well burn the flag! Well, okay, let's be honest...there are some dicey things in the books/show. Even modern conservatives would probably grimace at some of the viewpoints that pervade the series. The treatment of American Indians/Indigenous Peoples/African Americans is, of course, the biggest issue. It is, to put it simply, not well-balanced. White people are good; red people--bad, right? Black people? I guess they're simple and helpful. That's about as complex as it gets. It i...