Ghost materialized in the lobby with a tablet in his hand…a real tablet, chiseled, not one of those iPatty things. Dread Lord, This came to my attention via Facebook from a Gen X’er. I find his gibberings to ooze obsequiousness … Continue reading →
You may have heard that the University of Missouri St. Louis (UMSL) had some explaining to do when students alleged that two co-instructors—under the aegis of teaching Introduction to Labor Studies—taught, encouraged, and flaunted illegal and unethical activities to two … Continue reading →
Professor Mondo says something in a few words that the Czar needs paragraphs to hint at in an essay on why intellectual types get hit hard by reality. Great point: It seems that another aspect of being an intellectual is … Continue reading →
The Czar suspects that this story is getting some ground because it is a conservative vs. liberal issue. Let us hope not. Dr. Carole Lieberman, a self-proclaimed “media psychiatrist” (uh oh) declared to Fox News that recent increases in rapes … Continue reading →
So there you have it. The foundational assumptions of American intellectuals as a group are firmly based on the assumptions of the progressive state and the Blue Social Model. Those who run our government agencies, our universities, our foundations, our … Continue reading →
Perhaps the Czar is being unkind or unfair. Unfortunately, though, that is exactly what Czars (real ones away) can get away with. So here we see Vice-President Biden figuring out exactly what went wrong for President Obama: the reason Obama … Continue reading →
Borepatch makes an interesting association between recent conservative faux-gaffes and the problem with Smart People. Check it out. As with all things Borepatch, he lays his argument out simply and efficiently. Because you know what we think of the Smart … Continue reading →
And in response to this: Would he approve of a system of handicapping by which the brighter sort of people, like himself, were held back in order that the dimmer sort should have greater opportunities to shine their light, such … Continue reading →
Over at Armavirumque, he writes: For the undeserving winners of the genetic lottery known as the intelligent have been so flattered and petted and made much of by the official culture of the last half century or so that their … Continue reading →
Penn Jillette with a fine anecdote—liberally seasoned with profanity, as is his wont. But dead-f—ing-on. You know how we feel about Smart People®. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Willi Münzenberg, who was in charge of Soviet operations to influence Western intellectuals, did a nice job. The payload was a simple formulation. Stephen Koch, for his book on Munzenberg, “Double Lives,” interviewed Willi’s wife, Babette Gross, who survived the … Continue reading →
