The problem is that we, as a culture, are living in an era where one of our major political parties, and make no mistake, it is the Republican Party, has been on a steady disinformation campaign since the Reagan Era, and has been actively cultivating a voter base that is apathetic to facts, at best, and most times exhibits open antipathy to accurate information.I come from Western Pennsylvania, from an area that has often been dubbed "Pennsyltucky," because we have Pittsburgh and Philadelphia at the ends of the state and rural Kentucky, for all intents and purposes, in the middle.But when I was growing up, both of our major political parties encouraged respect for education and expert opinion, and neither preached that "government is the problem."Until and unless facts begin to matter again, and matter more than "what I think (but based upon nothing, really)," we are going to continue down the road we were set on over 40 years ago.The entire `conservative movement` of the last 40 years is premised on ignoring facts. You cannot do this and keep a viable pluralistic and functioning democracy in the 21st century.Bring back critical thinking skills!

The problem is that we, as a culture, are living in an era where one of our major political parties, and make no mistake, it is the Republican Party, has been on a steady disinformation campaign since the Reagan Era, and has been actively cultivating a voter base that is apathetic to facts, at best, and most times exhibits open antipathy to accurate information.I come from Western Pennsylvania, from an area that has often been dubbed "Pennsyltucky," because we have Pittsburgh and Philadelphia at the ends of the state and rural Kentucky, for all intents and purposes, in the middle.But when I was growing up, both of our major political parties encouraged respect for education and expert opinion, and neither preached that "government is the problem."Until and unless facts begin to matter again, and matter more than "what I think (but based upon nothing, really)," we are going to continue down the road we were set on over 40 years ago.The entire `conservative movement` of the last 40 years is premised on ignoring facts. You cannot do this and keep a viable pluralistic and functioning democracy in the 21st century.Bring back critical thinking skills!

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