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Friday, February 15, 2008 12:00 AM

America closes the book on intelligence

Our country is barely smarter than a fifth grader -- no wonder it's drowning in religious fundamentalism and political ideologues on both sides, argues Susan Jacoby.
By Laura Miller

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  • Friday, February 15, 2008 09:24 AM

    Pretty good!

    An article about anti-intellectualism gets fourteen whole pages of letters discussing anti-intellectualism before it turns into God.What God?My God.Whose God?Our God.NO God banalities.

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