"What effect must it have on a nation if it learns no foreign languages? Probably much the same as that which a total withdrawal from society has upon an individual." --G.C. Lichtenberg
Tbogg's mention of Mark Driver prompts me to say something I've been meaning to say for a long time. Mark Driver is one of the best writers on the web. If you don't know him, and click on the link, I'm really jealous of your next several hours.