The Dumbing Down of America

Below is a Christmas cartoon from 1974.  To me, what makes it worth mentioning is that 50 years ago, most Americans could have recited this passage from H.D. Thoreau from memory, where today, just half a century into the great “dumbing down,” most of us have at best a vague idea as to who he even was.

And so here we are.  Trump wants to throw out the Constitution?  Seems like a good idea to me…..