THE MISANTHROPE’S CORNER

LAST year I examined the trend toward nationwide stupidity in two columns about the people I called “Ignos” and “Duhs.” Now I ask you to turn your attention to yet another group of American folk heroes: the “Ughs.”

We live in stomach-turning times. Dial soap’s “You’re not as clean as you think you are” commercial shows a dog drinking from a toilet and then licking its owner’s face.