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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: epicure who wrote (95256)11/11/2008 2:55:00 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 541880
 
I think "the first 100 people in the phone book" is clearly a Paean to the uneducated. While the faculty at Harvard may have its problems, they are likely to be much better informed than the first 100 people in the phone book

I don't think its so clear.

They are likely to be better informed, they are also more likely to be very liberal (then again the Boston phone book probably wouldn't be full of strong conservatives). Its more an anti-liberal statement than an anti-intellectual one. The person who made it (Buckley), and the person supporting it in the article you quote (Sowell) are (or where in Buckley's case) both intellectuals themselves.

Also the 1st 100 names of the Boston phone book, may be a more diverse group than the faculty of Harvard, who are after all all faculty members at the same school. Having a group all in the same occupation and all in the same intellectual environment as rulers of the country might not be such a good idea.
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