Pushing Buttons

From Day by Day, Oct. 4, 2011.

It is interesting how the "hot-button" issues of the day change...

Intellectualism vs. Intellect

Instapundit had this to say yesterday, and it struck me as something worth passing along:

...Intellectualism, in today’s society, isn’t about intellect. It’s just a pose, like hipsterism or faux-redneckism. Most of those people who self-identify as intellectuals aren’t especially bright, they’ve just adopted a lifestyle that’s littered with what they think are markers of intelligence.

You Don't Say

Overheard:

THE KEY TO IMPROVING SOCIETY: Economic freedom. You don’t say. Funny, it’s easy for some people to accept that artistic freedom is good for art, but they still have trouble accepting that economic freedom is good for the economy.

Glenn Reynolds, Instapundit