How Anti-Intellectualism Is Destroying America

AlterNet by Terrence McNally, Susan Jacoby | Aug. 18, 2008 (Interview)
Sad but true: Intelligence is a political liability in the US.

"It's like these guys take pride in being ignorant." Barack Obama finally said it.

Though a successful political and electoral strategy, the Right's stand against intelligence has steered them far off course, leaving them -- and us -- unable to deal successfully with the complex and dynamic circumstances we face as a nation and a society. Full Story »

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 by Norman Rogers - Oct. 1, 2008

You would never guess from this article that we are the richest and most successful country in the world. The article is short on facts and full of dubious claims. Seems to me that it is Bush who is trying to introduce standards in the schools and Obama who is in bed with that enemy of standards: the teachers' union.

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