On 3/29/2016 8:05 AM, GARYWC wrote:
During the last three weeks, SOME of the lights in my living room, den and bathrooms become dim at times and are normal at other times. (None of the light bulbs in those fixtures have burned out).


Dear Gary (of the Water Closet),

I have described the American phenomenon of Pop Culture as the "dumbing
down of America," the two being a metaphor for the same idea. Truly, in
like vein, the American mind is lately perceived as a dimming lightbulb,
a mere phantom of its former self.

Discuss this philosophical issue.