Peg Kerr's Journal

I remember once in an undergraduate history class my professor told us about the end of the Roman Empire, or at least the end of it in western Europe; the image that stays with me is of these academics, these well-read, cultured, thoughtful people, clinging to their books while the illiterate hoards of blood-thirsy visigoths around them burned everything in sight and swung swords around. It's such a sad image to me, these people knowing what they do, watching it all go down the drain because no one cares anymore, no one will listen to them or learn from them, no one will fill their shoes when they've gone. Standing on the brink of the abyss, into a thousand years of forgetfulness.

I'm sure that's a very bright picture for you this morning, but it seems that people who think the way you do are looking into the abyss in the US, and an abyss that just grows larger with every passing year.