[Dick Bachert]

And here's ANOTHER little bit of information you're not going to like:

The literacy rate in colonial and post-colonial times was around 97%. The educated elite, the professionals, the merchants -- yes, even those "rubes" out on the farms. LITERATE!

Do you know what the rate is today? And do you know where most of them reside? Hint: It's NOT on the farms! )(Can you say "inner city Democrat stronghold")

[nicollo]

I've always taken a fancy for Mammon. Maggots and all, I love the Big Apple.

And I think ole Tom fancied its forms in Paris and London more than he let on to... He loved Rome. Now, there's Mammon.