Idiocracy? is our culture making us dumber?
A good essay on the dumbing of America. The current anti-intellectual, even anti-rational climate is a concern for me. Do your part; get out your maps and learn about geography, don’t plunk your kids down to be mesmerized by the same video they’ve watched dozens of times, go to the library and pick up something substantive to read. If these things are to difficult, I challenge you to have the attention span to read this article, I know it was a challenge for me, but then again, I’m just an Idaho farm boy. 
Call Me a Snob, but Really, We’re a Nation of Dunces: By Susan Jacoby for washingtonpost.com