Now THAT’s an opening paragraph.
All you wanna-be bloggers out there, look at Prager’s writing. Stop beating around the bush, and get to your point. Then support your point, show the consequences, and recommend changes.
But start with the THESIS so we don’t all get bored looking for what you mean, and quit reading before we get to it.
Never underestimate the value of an old-fashioned American high school education. He writes so well that rather than listening to him read, I much prefer to read him myself.