Christopher: I don't particularly approve of Bruce Anderson's
rhetorical style (there's a reason the Brit satire mag Private
Eye calls Anderson "The Brute"), but the line you highlight
from Hari's
review bothered me, too. (And by the way, Hari may be
completely correct in his assessment of Steyn's thesis; I'm
generally skeptical of all doomsday scenarios.) To say that Mark
Steyn is uneducated is moronic, and suggests a totally misguided
obsession with academic credentials. When it comes to being
educated, the right piece of sheepskin is neither necessary nor
sufficient.
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