The Dumbest Generation

A small hodgepodge of Saturday reading for you.

• Lauren Yingling from Campus Progress critiques Mark Bauerlein's new book, The Dumbest Generation, in this book review at Campus Progress.
• Neil Howe also pushes back against Bauerlein in a Washington Post op-ed. Good stuff.
• College students want substance over mindless reading. Want proof?
  

  While in some cases the results were predictable, there were a few surprises. Time magazine, for instance, ranked as the No. 1 magazine, unseating perennial favorite Cosmo and jumping ahead of last year's No. 2, People. CNN.com made it into the top 10 websites for the first time, while sites such as Perez Hilton and CollegeHumor dropped off the list.

• It might be tempting for the Republicans to rally around Bobby Jindal come 2012, but as this Huffington Post piece explains, it wouldn't be prudent.
• Winograd and Hais wonder if Millennials might be able to turn around the housing bust.
• Bill Ayers pens a nice smackdown op-ed in the Times.