LINDSAY OR POE

THINK ABOUT THIS CONTRAST BETWEEN TWO SOLUTIONS TO DRUG ADDICTION. THE "GOLDEN GUTTER" (A PHRASE COINED BY EX-ALCOHOLIC TALK SHOW HOST GLENN BECK) VS. THE FILTHY HOLE OF BRITAIN’S DERELICTS. LINDSAY LOHAN REPRESENTS THE FORMER, THE 21ST CENTURY’S POLITICALLY CORRECT SOLUTION TO DEPRAVITY, A RE-HAB FACILITY, HOUSING ONLY ANTISEPTIC MORALITY AND FAILURES TO REFORM. IN CONTRAST, EDGAR ALLAN POE, THE WRITER, REMINDS US OF THE STREET DEPRESSION IN MID-19TH CENTURY ENGLAND WHERE DRUNKS, DRUG ADDICTS AND LOSERS FOUND THEIR FINAL REST. NEITHER LINDSAY NOR EDGAR CHOSE TO 'KICK THEIR HABITS.' YET, I ASK IF WE SHOULD CARE ABOUT A FALLEN BEAUTY? SHOULD WE CARE ABOUT A CREATIVE ARTIST WHOSE PERMANENT PLACE IN THE PANTHEON OF GREAT LITERATURE IS ASSURED?

LET'S ASK THE COLLEGE STUDENTS OF TODAY WHO NOT ONLY TAKE BIRTH CONTROL PILLS BUT COMPLAIN ABOUT THEIR RISING COST. WILL THEIR MINDS BE WASTED? WILL THEY WASTE THEIR SUBSTANCE WITH RIOTOUS LIVING? LINDSAY OR POE - THE PROOF LIES IN THEIR WAKES.