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Published October 22, 2012, 12:00 AM

Column: Exhausting the insignificant

WASHINGTON — Oh, to be 12 again, the better to enjoy the presidential debates. Or rather, the better to appreciate the Twitterverse, where America’s obsessive-compulsive, attention-deficit population holds the zeitgeist hostage with tweets and memes that infantilize political discourse and reduce the few remaining adults to impolitic fantasy.

By: Kathleen Parker, Worthington Daily Globe

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