The 10 Harvard alumni plaintiffs are not alone in their feeling that their degrees are now an embarrassment. One of my Harvard roommates has turned around his 2 Harvard diplomas in his office out of such a feeling. But as with wine, the value depends on the vintage, and 1970s vintages of Harvard were impressive, as I detailed in 2004 in the WSJ, mirrored at https://segal.org/leadership/know/. To update that assessment two decades later I note that our class now also includes the Chief Justice of SCOTUS and a cabinet member.
College connoisseurs, as with wine connoisseurs, can tell the difference among various vintages.
Bezos is attempting to pull a Lindy Li. He could have championed liberty and free markets when he purchased the paper rather than waiting for an election to force his hand. He should remove "Democracy Dies in Darkness" from the masthead and substitute it with Groucho's famous assertion: "These are our principles. If you don't like them, we have others."
The 10 Harvard alumni plaintiffs are not alone in their feeling that their degrees are now an embarrassment. One of my Harvard roommates has turned around his 2 Harvard diplomas in his office out of such a feeling. But as with wine, the value depends on the vintage, and 1970s vintages of Harvard were impressive, as I detailed in 2004 in the WSJ, mirrored at https://segal.org/leadership/know/. To update that assessment two decades later I note that our class now also includes the Chief Justice of SCOTUS and a cabinet member.
College connoisseurs, as with wine connoisseurs, can tell the difference among various vintages.
James Taranto is an excellent Features Editor at the WSJ, but if the Washington Post snagged Ira Stoll in a similar role it could also be impressive.
One might object that the news side of the Washington Post leans left, but the news side of the WSJ also leans left.
Bezos is attempting to pull a Lindy Li. He could have championed liberty and free markets when he purchased the paper rather than waiting for an election to force his hand. He should remove "Democracy Dies in Darkness" from the masthead and substitute it with Groucho's famous assertion: "These are our principles. If you don't like them, we have others."
Jeff B., you can’t beat the WSJ in the lane of “free markets, free persons.”