For some reason, this is being praised all over the net

http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2009/06/26/athenians-and-visigoths-neil-postmans-graduation-speech/

The truth is that rarely have so many ugly and stupid misrepresentations ever been pressed into one short speech. Good thing the author is dead, or I would have had a thing or two to say to him. And to have this kind of crap praised by what is supposed to be a conservative Catholic magazine is enough to make my blood boil.