The Dumbing Down of America
Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart The “boob tube,” wireless phones, social media, a failing education system, parents demandi ng too little from their children: thes e are all reason s why America has fallen behind the rest of developed nations in education , and why we have morons like Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert, Tommy Tuber ville, Matt Gaetz, Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, and others running our nation in Washington. This is why it is possible that the worst president in American history could return to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and defile our nation’s White House as he plans to destroy democracy once and for all and shred nine out of ten Amendments in the Bill of Rights: (of course he will protect the most poorly written Amendment; the Second Amendment). Newspapers and magazines are failing every day. Reading has become less important as the number of Americans believe they “learn everything they need to know on television .” I Read, Maybe a Little Too Much, but I ...