Not “Lovin’ It”

By Jennifer Byrne

TV commercials are becoming more overt in reflecting the "culture wars", particularly the fierce backlash against intellectualism. [15 October 2008]

(more Pop Osmosis)

The Age of American Unreason by Susan Jacoby

By Carlin Romano

America anti-intellectual? Now, let's think this out. [20 March 2008]

The Age of American Unreason by Susan Jacoby / Power to Save the World by Gwyneth Cravens

By Julia Keller

These books may not change your mind, but they pay you the supreme compliment of assuming that you have a mind, and that it will respond to an accumulation of evidence and a fair and forceful presentation. [19 February 2008]