Don't Know Much... By Manon McKinnon

What's this? A conservative hero and a liberal icon are out stumping for the same issue? It's true. Conservative-Republican-Reagan-cabinet member-and-author Bill Bennett, and liberal-Democrat-Al Gore-advisor-and-author Naomi Wolf are both worried that Americans are not learning their own history or civics. Though Ms. Wolf draws her customary wrong conclusions (it's the evil Bush's fault!), the two have good cause to worry. Just look at these headlines: "College Students Fail Civics Test;" "College Students Knowledge of American Presidents is Poor;" "College Seniors Lack Basic Knowledge in American History." Not very good news, but what can account for the fact that young Americans don't know America?

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