(Oops! No, let him get up by himself.)

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Lately, America has developed a disturbing trend – a sharp uptick in the number of nitwits. This worrying swell of stupid has been well-documented, according to official sources who monitor these sorts of things (me, and a friend of mine).

Mind you, we’re talking here about pedestrian morons, not the professional public pinheads in business, entertainment, and politics. We’re not pointing out (at least, not today) TV executives who make progr...