[Fenris6]

For one, the choice of the word "professionals" is a mistake. IIRC, true professionals are only doctors, lawyers, and ....forgot the 3rd...lil help?

Also there's this: "The members of the aristocracy of mind produce ideas, and pass along knowledge"

I haven't seen any new ideas or knowledge from the Left. They have spewed hate and vile instead of presenting constructive policy alternatives. I deal with alot of these types in MD - most are ignorant of the most basic facts re world events.

The last Great Idea was Reagan's Revolution. Liberal dogma & culture has never fully recovered from it. The NYT and its writers continue to be perplexed that America doens't "get" their message. Perhaps they flatter themselves too much.

[SAJ]

Brooks and his fellow dildoes assume, for no readily apparent reason, that THEY are the aristocracy of ''mind''.

Kwap, absolute kwap.

Any bloody day they like, I'll spot any of these filth 30 pts on a standardised IQ test and blow their intellectually inferior DOORS off.

And, the really scary part is that someone who is truly intelligent might likely do the same to me, on the same test.

NEVER assume, and NEVER act on the assumption, that you're the smartest person on the block. A lesson this arrogant bozo and his fellows have never learnt. (What a shock, eh?)

[marron]

The way you resolve the natural conflict between intellectuals and the rest is "liberty". Intellectuals must lead by persuading and teaching. They must never be granted any authority beyond what they can earn in an even match with anyone else. Our grandfathers didn't die to build an oligarchy of the pointed heads.

[thoughtomator]

Teachers are considered wealthy? Remind them of that next time they whine that they are underpaid.

[Inwoodian]

This is a sideways look at Isaiah Berlin's description of Foxes and Hedgehogs. Foxes digest all the details of various points of view before making a decision (if ever). Hedgehogs know one or two or a few things instinctively and can make decisions easily by means of this internalized knowledge.
Clinton is a classic Fox. Reagan a classic Hedgehog.
'Nuff said.

[Mamzelle]

David Brooks, examining his upper-middle navel yet again.

[an amused spectator]

The antillectuals are making the assumption that the military will continue to fight World War III for them after being stabbed in the back by the Kerryite Left.

It's a truly foolish assumption.

[freekitty]

Piece of crap.