THREE DEATHS

What has our America come to? A former surfer and psychologist now holds the position of head
librarian at a state university. He refers to research assignments into gun control and global warming coming from students as if these two issues were legitimate. He discusses a "completely wireless campus" as if books no longer exist. "Gilly, golly," the internet is exciting, he contends.

Then I hear on the radio’s national news that there were heat strokes - and one death - forcing the shutdown of Chicago’s marathon, a marathon itself a vivid representation of how far America -and the world - has receded from common sense and rational intelligence.

Deaths come in threes, so within 5 minutes, I am told that a local agency will sponsor 5 and 10 k walks and runs to support the worthy cause of homeless veterans, of which there are 250,000 in the United States. Of course, no connection will ever be made between the cure behind the cause, the false numbers or the lack of logic behind excessive, unnecessary and injurious exercise.

Give me a break from politically correct insanity. A reality check proves that bookishness is due for a comeback because surfing the Internet is the present wave on which we ride. The pursuit of some mental exercises is also long overdue because people jog along pathways to death and deadening of the brain. Respect and care for our veterans is at an all time high unless the homeless is victim (?) of mental illness or drug addiction wandering about aimlessly, no doubt eventually encountering other victims of modern manias like running and (Internet) browsing. In each case America sponsors deadheads in the making.