tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7422556.post110606909323787822..comments2023-11-05T06:14:57.035-05:00Comments on The Smudge of Ashen Fluff: Let's Blame the ReadersJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03149507502639535174noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7422556.post-1106136207937356932005-01-19T07:03:00.000-05:002005-01-19T07:03:00.000-05:00I once read that a sign of prosperity is when the ...I once read that a sign of prosperity is when the public gets indifferent to politics. The low voter turnout of recent elections is a sign that Americans are feeling complacent with their lives. It's an aspect of prosperity that I could do without, though.SugarDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11074304770571985313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7422556.post-1106082116305363302005-01-18T16:01:00.000-05:002005-01-18T16:01:00.000-05:00"Why is ignorance so widespread at a time when hig..."Why is ignorance so widespread at a time when higher education is more widely pursued than ever before?"<br /><br />Because institutions of higher eduction have turned into white-collar trade schools that no longer build a strong foundation in the humanities.<br /><br />"Perhaps the old notions of an engaged and virtuous citizenry, upon which the founding fathers’ hopes for the republic were based, are archaic concepts."<br /><br />Perhaps the Geneva Conventions are "quaint." Perhaps intellectual pursuits are too hard. Let's outsource our governance as well as our manufacturing. Let's all just eat Bic Macs and leave all that egghead crap to those silly Indians and Chinese. As long as we have our bread and circuses (and big-ass guns) who cares.<br /><br />Perhaps the problem is that "news" is just another corporate division expected to make it's numbers. Maybe the problem is lazy journalism.<br /><br />...now where's my damn iPod. I need some music.-epmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10290108507107672811noreply@blogger.com