American Brains Softening As We Speak

Rattled by vapid rat-a-tat text messaging in traffic, sweet-poisoned by advertising, pounded by political propaganda, dizzied by religious lunacy, encouraged to hate reason, science and education, lulled by lies on every side, American brains are softening even as we speak. And the Republicans are the cutting edge, the nasty little peck-your-eyes-out canaries in the coal mine.