[MD] Intellectual and Social

[Krimel]

John,
You act like you expect Arlo or I to provide you with basic science
education. When I recommend Nova you get all outraged and huffy. Whatever
the problems with mass media and education in America are, I want to assure
you emphatically that Nova is not among them. Nova is part of the solution.
I have never seen a Nova program that did not challenge and enrich my
thinking.

In subject areas with which I am familiar, I am always delighted to see
interviews with some of the top flight experts along with excellent
summaries of their work and its impact on the field in question. PBS does
not work on the same business model as other mass media and the quality of
their programming provides us all with a model of the media's power to be a
positive force for education in society.

I am tempted to suggest that your lambasting of Nova is evidence that you
don't know shit from shine-ola. But in fact all it does is add support to
the ample evidence already present in your posts. If you would like to
improve the quality of your discourse here, adjusting you attitude toward
Nova would be a positive and dynamic step forward.

Krimel