Robert Sawyer linked to this article by Jonathon Gatehouse:
… That inarticulate legacy didn’t end with George W. Bush and Sarah Palin.
Barack Obama, the most cerebral and eloquent American leader in a generation, regularly plays the same card, droppin’ his Gs and dialling down his vocabulary to Hee Haw standards. His ability to convincingly play a hayseed was instrumental in his 2012 campaign against the patrician Mitt Romney; in one of their televised debates the President referenced “folks” 17 times. …
The U.S. is being overrun by a wave of anti-science, anti-intellectual thinking. Has the most powerful nation on Earth lost its mind?
It’s over-stated, but the headline is correct. The USA is getting dumber, not smarter.
Hard to say where it’s all going to end.
Rick McCharles 