Did you hear that the presidents of 100 colleges and universities support a move to lower the drinking age from 21 to 18?

The reason? Binge drinking is epidemic at many colleges and universities. In order to curb binge drinking, we should lower the drinking age, the college presidents argue.

The college presidents believe that by making the consumption of alcohol legal for 18-year-olds, the students would be less likely to over-indulge. Say what?

You can tell I'm not as smart as these learned men and women. I don't get it.

And I'm not alone. Many other educators think it's a stupid idea. And MADD, which has fought for decades to educate people about the danger of drinking, also thinks the idea of lowering the drinking age is wrong.

MADD says the campaign to lower the drinking age is a "misguided initiative that uses deliberately misleading information to confuse the public on the effectiveness of 21 law."

Let's put it another way. Almost everybody speeds. If people insist on speeding on a highway, we should just raise the speed limit, right?

Well, isn't that what the college presidents are arguing for? If young people under 21 won't obey the law, we should abolish the law, they say.

The presidents of 14 colleges and universities in Pennsylvania are among those who support the initiative to lower the drinking age.

There's an editorial in the West Chester Daily Local News that addresses the controversy. Read, "College presidents are sending wrong message," at the newspaper's Web site.