The Gospel of Anti-Intelligence

It is a travesty that the richest country in the world ranks a paltry 20th in quality of education on the global scale. That our traditional adversaries in China and Russia are ranked higher does not augur well for an impressive future. There are a couple of factors leading to the embarrassing rank...hoarding of money by politicians for pork barrel projects and an undue influence from religious-based organizations, more concerned about Christianizing the education system than freeing the minds of students to soar with the elan of Eagles. The two are inextricably intertwined because...