More thoughts on the continuing degeneration of culture:

• Stoooopid .... why the Google generation isn’t as smart as it thinks
• 'The Dumbest Generation' by Mark Bauerlein

HT: Arts & Letters Daily

MercatorNet critiques Pullman's Golden Compass. The verdict: disorderly and confused, which is not much of a surprise considering Pullman has abandoned God.

Here's a fascinating, well-written article about the worrisome decline of reading and the accompanying deterioration of the civilized mind. In addition to the disturbing social implications involved, I think the problem carries spiritual significance as well, given Christianity's emphasis on the Word and its legacy of ancient writings. The article missed this aspect, due to its evolutionary perspective, but it's very much worth reading anyway.

HT: A&LD

An interview with Leland Ryken about the ESV Literary Study Bible that he co-authored with his son.

A review of How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read. Of course, the reviewer hasn't read it. (A&LD)