[Congressman Billybob]

A little background on Calvin Trillin. He was a classmate of my brother at Yale. He's about 74 years old now. He's been writing very intellectual and dry humor for half a century. As a Yalie myself, I can vouch for the "lower third of the class" syndrome.

I can also, from personal observation, support the conclusion that if you REALLY want to screw anything up, you need to put it in the hands of people who think like this: "I am so smart I make myself sick."

Smart as a whip does, all too often, translates into dumb as a hoe handle in the real world. I've seen that, too, at many institutions and in many eras.

Congressman Billybob

Don't Tread On Me (9/12 photo and poster"

"Ben Franklin was in D.C."

[dfwgator]

Real smart people understand that there is lot more that they don’t know, than what they do know.