Have a Brain

Those who have had to listen to me not ranting about the anti-intellectual strand in American public life (and it isn't just anti-intellectualism; it's anti-intelligence and sometimes veneration of stupidity and exaltation of ignorance) should get an eyeful of Group News Blog.

Lower Manhattanite hits one out of the park.  Money quote:

The problem is that there is a generation of Republican politicians for whom the very idea of broader knowledge is anathema. For whom a discerning, analytical brain is seen as a hinderance . For whom smart is dumb, and dumb is smart. Give the devil that is Richard M. Nixon and his generation their due—for all their perfidy and damage, you can't say that they weren't at the very least...intelligent.

It's all good. Particularly the updates.