The lowest form of popular culture - lack of information, misinformation, disinformation, and a contempt for the truth or the reality of most people's lives - has overrun real journalism. Today, ordinary Americans are being stuffed with garbage.

The American Revolution and Declaration of Independence, it has often been argued, were fueled by the most radical of all American political ideas.

The American Revolution and Declaration of Independence, it has often been argued, were fueled by the most radical of all American political ideas.