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Of course, I agree with you that Public Education has "dumbed down" the kids. It started (as I assume you are aware) with "whole word" reading, and then de-constructed into "whole math" too. This was a deliberate onslaught against "left brain" critical skills.

I am all for the abolition of Public Education. What high school did Abraham Lincoln attend? What high school did Jesus Christ (our Savior and Lord) attend? What high school did George Washington attend?

Alas, our fixation with Public Education is a major part of the problem.

The other part of the problem is our fixation with images. The kids are completely hooked on images (television, movies)...and they play video-games and don't read. This is encouraged by our consumer culture: BUY BUY BUY......music television has de-constructed popular music (on purpose).

But, deeper than that, I think America is very strong. There is a deep thirst in our country for answers.

I agree there is a deeper resevoir of strength in the U.S., evidently, still.

On the other hand, if our real strength lies in the depths and quality of our spirituality--meaning our RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD AND DEVOTION TO HIM--how strong are we?

Thankfully, there still seem to be numbers of folk fairly well squared away on that score. And this experience seems to be increasing that number and the quality as well.

On the other hand, there's still enormous amounts of playing church and winking at Christian obligations about forgiveness of one another; making relationships right before offering things to God; clearing anger before sleep etc.

I think we have a ways to go before I'd consider our nation strong. There's still too much endemic rot too deeply in too many place.