The worst news I've read all day...

Hyper-inflation in Zimbabwe? An authoritarian dictator in the Western hemisphere? The winner: One in four Americans don't read books. Note: there is no percentage for how many only read Danielle Steel.

I hate "education"

Here is a funny essay on how awful college politics is. And, as someone who has gone to college for far too long and has a degree in political science, this guy could not be more right. (Note: language a bit strong; not for the faint of heart.)

The state of public education

A little lighter reading after that last post (although, in a way, possibly more horrifying):

• Conversations Between Famous People as Imagined by Someone With an American Public-School Education Who Didn't Pay Too Much Attention in School but Who Did Just Enough to Pass the Exams


• Ask a High-School Student Who Didn't Do the Required Reading