If you can read this ... consider yourself in the minority

Saturday is International Literacy Day.

The group Literacy Advance of Houston says that approximately 52 percent of adults in Harris County are functionally illiterate in English.

That is a stunning figure. Almost unbelievable.

More than half? I'm sure that the key phrase there is "in English," but still ... in keeping with our recent theme, what kind of society can we expect when -- despite taxpayer funded, neighborhood schools -- so many people grow up without being able to read?

I'm not knocking Literacy Advance -- I'm sure they do a great job, like so many other non-profits out there trying to turn back the rising tide of ignorance. But the odds are overwhelming.