Two Americas, one of them literate

Chris Hedges describes the divide at TruthDig, in his article entitled "America, the Illiterate": We live in two Americas. One America, now the minority, functions in a print-based, literate world. It can cope with complexity and has the intellectual tools to separate illusion from truth. The other America, which constitutes…

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What is it to be a moderate Republican?

Yesterday, I was talking with a fellow who asked "What does it mean to be a 'moderate' Republican.   In answer, I started describing my Grandfather, who urged fiscal responsibility and strong defense but who, at the age of 96, was aghast that the U.S. had started a needless war in…

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