Notes from the Singing Chicken
Essays on the Nature of Modern Madness
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By several key barometers, modern life is phenomenal. Health care, nutrition, and clean drinking water allow us to avoid mortality potholes that felled millions a century ago. People living in poverty in American enjoy basic amenities like indoor plumbing, electricity, and television that were upper class luxuries several generations ago. Information technology puts the knowledge of the ages on a cell phone. Yet, amidst all this, people are going nuts. Observe how many people around you are shrill, flaky, anxious, inept, belligerent, and idiotic. How many of your friends, family, co-workers and neighbors are wackos? Or, to quote Steve Martin in the film All Of Me, “Is everyone here bananas?” All of this begs the question; what the hell is going on?
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A collection of comic essays, exploring education, religion, the self-help movement, political correctness, the obesity epidemic, the War on Drugs, and other topics that highlight the growing chasm between sanity and modern society. The Manifesto is a long-overdue tribute to our most precious and endangered national resource- Common Sense.
About the Author
Julian Wise has written extensively for the award-winning newspapers The Martha's Vineyard Times and The Martha's Vineyard Gazette. He is a contributing editor for the book "Martha's Vineyard Remembers JAWS," the definitive chronicle of the legendary film. He specializes in writing about art, music, film, education and health. He lives on Martha's Vineyard with his wife and four children.