Heck, these days Barry Goldwater -- who believed abortion should be legal and sided with environmental conservation -- would be considered a flaming liberal socialist do-gooder peacenik freak.

When the reporters for major metropolitan media outlets mostly sit around waiting for a story to cover, when the evening television news only covers "crime, weather, and sports," when the half-hour news program is actually less than 20 minutes of things other than commercials, when the doings of "celebrities" take precedence, when the public is considered to be uninterested in and bored by things which might actually make them think....

Ask yourself where such programs as "You Are There" have gone. When was the last time you saw a REAL political debate, one that used the rules of actual debate instead of being simply another press conference?

Ask yourself why the public in all countries are more interested in sport than good governance....

Rant over.