Bertonneau, Part Deux

In this Pope Center essay, Professor Tom Bertonneau argues that many young Americans -- those who disdain books and any but the lightest reading -- are sliding back into the state that precedes literacy, namely "orality." America spends great amounts to put computers into students' hands and make sure that classrooms are fitted up for all sorts of fancy media stuff. Maybe we'd get better results, however, if we relied more on an old learning tool -- the book.