http://www.manifestdensity.net/2012/12/21/the-myth-of-american-decline/ Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 17 Mar 2013 14:22:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.manifestdensity.net/2012/12/21/the-myth-of-american-decline/comment-page-1/#comment-438175 youngficke Fri, 21 Dec 2012 23:34:19 +0000 http://www.manifestdensity.net/?p=2274#comment-438175 I’d assert that the declining History line is evidence to the contrary (also, the possibility that the TV being referenced had a slump in quality)
That being said, I’d be curious to see your original hypothesis tested, involving Latin/Greek/Classics…certainly if Trivial Pursuit is any sign, there’s been a general dumbening of the popular culture (wait, that’s not how you spell dumbening…) ]]>