With the advent of the internet, satellite tv, etc. we are, in my opinion, on information overload. On any given day, I can sit at this computer and read newspapers from all over the world! As far as our values as a nation changing, I offer this quote by the Irish cleric and author of Gulliver's travels, Jonathan Swift, who wrote, "Whoe'er excels in what we prize, appears a hero in our eyes."
Case in point: the cultural shift from true heroes to the present day "celebrity as hero" phenomenon. Honor, integrity, virtue, courage, etc., have been replaced by fame (being famous for being famous), fortune, and fleeting physical beauty in our celebrity obsessed pop culture, as the qualities too many of our youth "prize" now! Self reliance, hard work and individual initiative, once hallmarks of our "american values, have largely been replaced with a sense of entitlement (nanny state) by a large segment of our society.
Instead of the "Golden Rule" being taught to our children at a very young age, they are being fed books like "Heather has Two Mommies".
I'll end with another one of my favorite quotes (author unknown):
"Don't be so open minded that your brains fall out.
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