“There is a war on information in our country. On the media, on academics, on libraries, on archives, on the census – the list keeps going. We need to understand the ‘why’ of things, and cutting away our ability to make informed decisions will invariably derail our country.”

-Westheimer at the Worldviews Conference on Media and Higher Education.

I can’t say anything better than this quote, except maybe, that Canada is not the only country in this situation.