Fruits of K12 and Low Pop Culture

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The real sadness regarding the two vignettes that follow lies in the fact that they are so unexceptional.
A young woman tells us what is important in her life and identifies her concerns.
And, as Mary Grabar observes, a young man shows his fealty: “I thought of the people I saw on the MARTA train I took to downtown Atlanta that afternoon, especially the young man accompanied by a scantily clad young woman and three little children. He wore braids and a pendant with a photo of Obama. I would have bet money that he, like many of the students I have taught at my community college, did not know who Hitler was, much less Mussolini.”

It is well that the Founders are dead.

Timely Renewal of Ideas

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In is interesting to see the way ideas ebb and flow through the public consciousness. Some are current for a time, fade away and then re-emerge, newly apposite to changing circumstance. As books fall from best-seller lists, so do they occasionally return years later.
I am thinking of Ayn Rand's "Objectivism" (the ideas) and Atlas Shrugged (the books). This submission by Amit Ghate to Pajamas Media is instructive.