General Discussion

... but the Thin Red Streak and the Charge of the Heavy Brigade worked out just fine. Two outa three ain't bad.

"The age when stupidity became profitable." Not bad, but too long. It's hard to find a single word to characterize the current Age: "Propaganda" can be used to indicate the manipulation of the masses by manipulation of information, but to call the current Age the "Age of Propaganda" would ignore the fact that propaganda has always been with us. And while this is an era in which excess has become, well, excessive, other eras have had their moments of bacchanal. I often think of modern times as the "Age of Professionalism," but I have to speedily add that I do not think professionalism is necessarily a good thing. Perhaps, in the end, Robert Heinlein had the best tag: "The Crazy Years."

-- Mal