POINTING OUT THE SOCIAL COCOON OF THE PROGRESSIVE ARISTOCRACY: From Jim Geraghty at NRO’s Campaign Spot blog:

Progressive aristocrats don’t like it when you call them an aristocracy for two reasons. First, it asserts that they think they’re better than everyone else; they often do think that, but they recognize the potential risk in saying so openly. But secondly, it suggests they don’t really deserve that high perch that’s so central to their sense of identity.

Read the whole thing.