Heavy reading. From the Animals’ Agenda (November 1990): “The Glendale, Calif., library boasts the nation’s largest collection of cat-related art, music, and literature, a total of over 1,200 pounds.”
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Forget about the decline in SAT scores–here’s real evidence of a decline in brainpower among the general public: mass-transit ridership in the Chicago area dropped from 817 million rides in 1980 to 678 million rides in 1989. The big loser was the CTA (down from 697 million to 569 million), followed by commuter rail (82 down to 71) and suburban bus (38.2 down to 37.9).
Quotation least likely to be found in a major plug for rechargeable batteries, but that nevertheless did appear in a recent promotion of Gates Energy Products: “‘Power, like a desolating pestilence, / Pollutes whate’er it touches’ Shelley, 1813.”
More crack, please. From the Illinois Georgist (Spring/Summer 1990): “Some people use drugs to help expand their awareness; others adopt Eastern religious practices. But there are a few thousand people in this world of ours that have expanded awareness because they studied Henry George’s works.”
