Henry Clay? Or Abraham Lincoln?

[Liz Rosenthal]

Listen, most Americans don't know who the current Supreme Court justices are. A huge number are unaware of major recent Federal enactments. Many don't know who the vice president is. Few are familiar with world geography or even U.S. geography. A large number don't know when the colonies declared their independence from the mother country. (This isn't just young people - this is Americans across the board.) So why should it be surprising that they haven't heard of Henry Clay?

Personally, I'm much more shocked and disappointed when I run into someone who isn't familiar with Rachel Carson.