The headline writers at The New York Times must be channeling the book 1984 when they came up with headline Ignorance Is Strength for Paul Krugman’s op-ed piece.  The take-away paragraph from the piece is:

So whenever you hear Republicans say that they are the party of traditional values, bear in mind that they have actually made a radical break with America’s tradition of valuing education. And they have made this break because they believe that what you don’t know can’t hurt them.

Thanks to Art Bushkin for posting this on his Facebook page.