AN ACADEMIC IN AMERICA
On Stupidity
By Thomas H. Benton
A cartload of recent books suggests that it's time to reverse the customer-service mentality plaguing academe.
"No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public," said H.L. Mencken in the era of Babbitt and the Scopes "monkey" trial. Several generations later, one might speculate that no publisher has ever lost money with a book accusing Americans — particularly young ones — of being stupid.
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