"The Happy Dumbing of America"

Here's an amusing and true article from the New York Sun, via the always-interesting Obscure Store (http://www.obscurestore.com/): Why the painfully obvious explanations on painfully obvious objects? Do we really have to be told that dusters are for dusting and the ballpoint pen is for "general writing"? "Maybe we've been pointing to the wrong culprits when we attempt to assign blame for the dumbing down of America," writes Lenore Skenazy. "It is quite possible that people are growing dumber than dog biscuits for the simple reason that they are being treated this way by the world in which they shop." http://www.nysun.com/article/47126