Lee Siegel, The Daily Beast. March 27, 2009. The intellectuals have given way to ranters, abusers, and screamers, who grab our attention and also free us from having to pay attention.
Chris Hedges, Truthdig. December 9, 2008. Don't expect the so-called experts to fix it either. They can't. They are loyal to the decaying political and financial systems that empowered them.
Zephyr Teachout, The Nation. May 23, 2008. Apparently, in the United States, we don't have an upper class; we have elites -- a complimentary term that obscures true differences in opportunity.
Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet. March 30, 2007. Pursuing the "life of the mind" and taking full responsibility for the choices you make has nothing to do with intellectualism, elitism or being an "expert."
David Sirota, Huffington Post. March 5, 2007. From calling opposition to the Iraq war a 'fringe' position, to endorsing sham environmentalism, to defending the low taxation of billionaires, The New York Times and the political establishment aren't in sync with the majority of Americans.
