Someone forwarded me a post by a guy who riffed a bit on a WaPo piece from February (link below). I'm posting it here because it very importantly illustrates:

1. How important education is!!! and....

2. How destructive [right-wing] frames that promote 'values' like anti-intellectualism and anti-rationalism can be.

Read on!

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/3/11/embarrassingly-stupid-americans-one-in-five-believes-sun-revolves-around-earth.aspx

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/15/AR2008021502901.html?referrer=digg