How Anti-Intellectualism Is Destroying America

AlterNet by Terrence McNally, Susan Jacoby | Aug. 18, 2008 (Interview)

Sad but true: Intelligence is a political liability in the US.

"It's like these guys take pride in being ignorant." Barack Obama finally said it.

Though a successful political and electoral strategy, the Right's stand against intelligence has steered them far off course, leaving them -- and us -- unable to deal successfully with the complex and dynamic circumstances we face as a nation and a society. Full Story »

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by Kyra Troyan - Oct. 1, 2008

It is an interview with someone who is providing her point of view. Therefore I do not expect her to be unbiased. The fact that I belive her argument is true, of course, adds to my enjoyment of this piece. Seeing someone articulate things that I have thought or said makes me like the piece. Why on earth is being smart a bad thing? As Jon Stewart said a few weeks ago, I want elite , I want someone smarter than me running this country -I don't want "someone "I can have a beer with".