Not long ago, my brother and I were driving down Main St. on a Friday night. We were pulled over by a police officer. The officer had time only to ask us for our drivers licences and registration, before we heard the sickening crunch of twisted metal. It seemed that a young man, who was driving a lifted Ford pickup, had been mesmerized by the flashing red and blue lights on the patrol car. Failing …showed first 75 words of 1362 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1362 total…record is full of examples of stupidity. Stupidity warrants our attention now more than ever, as its costs have increased to the point that we no longer can afford it as we have in the past. Hopefully, by studying this aspect of our behavior, everyone might learn how to reduce the incidence of this phenomenon in the future. However, if nothing else, I think that Bob Hope said it best "Your ignorance cramps my conversation."