Bob Herbert was being ironic. Anyone who actually read the column knows that by "best" he meant "most" informed about trivia, and that such information is part of the process of "entertaining ourselves to death."
Shane Mage
"When we read on a printed page the doctrine of Pythagoras that all things are made of numbers, it seems mystical, mystifying, even downright silly.
When we read on a computer screen the doctrine of Pythagoras that all things are made of numbers, it seems self-evidently true." (N. Weiner)
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/19/03 9:39 AM >>> According to Bob Herbert in today's NY Times, "Americans are the best-informed people in the history of the world." Bill
which explains why more than 50% (according to public opinion polls anyway) of them still think that saddam hussein was responsible for 9/11... santa claus
