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In Praise of Elitism: Obama studies 101

April 13, 2008 - 8:11 am - by Roger Kimball
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2008-04-14 07:08:31

But what bothers me about such directives is not their elitism but their arrogance.

I don’t see much of a fine distinction there.

Every élitist in whose company I’ve had the pleasure of being (not) was also quite arrogant.

It’s pretty entertaining if the individual is not aspiring to be President of the United States or some other leadership and control position.

April 11

Those remarks at the successive San Francisco area “dos” were made on April 6 and reported in the Puffington Host on April 11.