I think drawbacks of the Internet outweigh the benefits

Don Estep is Publisher Emeritus of The News Journal.

I think we would be better off without the Internet. Grant you, I have not made any study of this, it is just an opinion based on several factors.

To start with the Internet is a cesspool for social interaction. Certainly there are many excellent exchanges on it, but it also is a chief weapon for spreading hate and misinformation.