@ Benj: Am I right to assume O’s Harvard magna cum laude law degree is sticking in Wretch’s craw? His willingness to cultivate anti-intellectualism finds ready takers here.

In short, no. The Belmont in “Belmont Club” is a reference to a suburb of Boston and Cambridge where, I believe, Wretchard lived when he attended Harvard. I think it was the Kennedy School of Government. If you detect anything stick in his craw, maybe its a Harvard thing,an intramural game.

As for the broader current of anti-intellectualism that you think you find here, I’ll take issue once more. It’s highly unlikely that I am the only college professor or PhD on this forum. In fact, one self-identified in an earlier comment. Among the regular readers and commenters there surely are countless graduates of the nation’s finest universities and professional schools. But, and here’s the most interesting part about the regulars here, I rarely if ever see anyone flaunting their degrees, education level, or institutional affiliation. So again, there are plenty of smart, educated people here, but not much in the way of anti-intellectualism and not much in the way of education-worship either.