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Do you remember the line about how all clever economists were tall, with the exceptions of Milton Friedman and John Kenneth Galbraith? Clever or not, the 6’8” Galbraith was one of the wittiest of economists, and under a pseudonym once wrote a book mocking academic jargon called The McLandress Dimension. The Dimension in question measured the amount of time a person could spend without thinking of himself, scored from 100 (1 second) to 1 (60 minutes).
Today’s winner is unquestionably the new junior senator from Massachusetts. I once received a six-page letter from her, the gist of which was that I had written an article on bankruptcy law and had failed to cite her. She is the kind of person Tom Wolfe had in mind when he wrote that university buildings have windows which are hermetically sealed, for otherwise the stench of ego would blast the birds from the trees.
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Marc Jeric| 1.4.13 @ 4:19PM
How can such a well-educated state like (which was it - Connecticutt, Massachussets, Rhode Island, or...) - vote for such an empty-headed far-left loon like La Komrad Warren?
spike59| 1.7.13 @ 6:05AM
they've enshrined the despicable Kennedys for decades and decades...why is it a surprise for Massachusetts to put another empty-headed far-left loon in the Senate?
Dai Alanye | 1.7.13 @ 11:43PM
Because we mistakenly refer to successful school attendance as "education." It's not the same as true learning.
Bob Grant| 1.4.13 @ 4:27PM
She wins because of the time she spends NOT thinking of herself?
That means her ego is small, not big...right?
To quote the great character from Welcome Back Kotter, Vinnie Barbarossa: I so confused.....
Occam's Tool| 1.4.13 @ 6:18PM
Bob: High Score wins. Re think.
Marc: as a guy who snagged his MD at age 25, let me assure you degrees do NOT equal intelligence or logic.
Oldefarte| 1.6.13 @ 10:45AM
Or COMMON SENSE also!!!!!!!!!
Occam's Tool| 1.4.13 @ 6:16PM
How could you NOT quote such an eminent Native American scholar?
Oldefarte| 1.5.13 @ 2:16PM
She has obviously wandered off of the reservation far too many times, and additionally her teepee is extremely unattractive!!!!!!!!!!
bopberrigan| 1.6.13 @ 6:07AM
Having an elevated ego is a characteristic of mediocrity. Betty sure fits into that category..
bopberrigan| 1.6.13 @ 6:07AM
Having an elevated ego is a characteristic of mediocrity. Betty sure fits into that category..
bopberrigan| 1.6.13 @ 6:09AM
Thanks for the double-posting..
spike59| 1.7.13 @ 5:54AM
Princess Liawatha of the High Cheekbones tribe...according to two of my nephews, who are drunners for their tribe, during one pow-wow, there was a moment when the call went out over the loudspeakers for all descendants of "cherokee princesses" to report to the arena for a special dance; and when the EW-style libtards came running up, the drummers and dancers had a belly-laugh