That was the question Warren Adler asked in this piece.

Leaving aside his pompously self-conscious and clearly deliberate, “old-fashioned fuddy duddy” voice, does he have a point?

I know that before a million channels of television, internet at home (can you believe that I used to only use it at work or in the university computer lab?), I read a lot more. Is there something to his concerns? It’s something I have wondered about before.

Of course, it is very, very hard to get beyond Adler’s irritating style and attitude, so I won’t blame you if your conclusion is ‘no, because that guy is just an a–.’