A lot of “intellectuals” come from the Ivy Leagues. That’s a problem.
A lot of “intellectuals” accept false premises related to Marxism, sexual matters, and anti-religion/anti-western civilization views. That’s a problem.
A lot of “intellectuals” have realized that they can make more money from podcasts or Youtube videos. That means they need to churn out “content” on almost a daily basis. Which means it’s all diluted and they aren’t really spending time researching or thinking about anything deep. That’s a problem.
As someone already pointed out, Victor Davis Hanson is the real deal. He is non-Ivy League, he values the Western tradition, he writes real books.
There may be others out there. But probably 99% of the “intellectuals” today are simply glib people who speak well and who say what they are expected to say. There isn’t much real thinking involved.
A lot of “intellectuals” accept false premises related to Marxism, sexual matters, and anti-religion/anti-western civilization views. That’s a problem.
You mean intellectuals like William F. Buckley Jr., William Rusher, Milton and Rose Friedman, Walter Williams, Thomas Sowell, Gertrude Himmelfarb, C.S. Lewis, G.K. Chesterton, M. Stanton Evans and Russell Kirk? (The names Thomas cites in his article)