[Robert DeLong]

He gives the impression that he has improved in his thought process, but in reality he hasn't. He still believes it's a possibility, but it is falling far short of expectations. That's because reality gets in the way of fantasy, and he still doesn't understand that fact at all.

It's easy to create a world of personal nirvana, but that world doesn't serve everyone in the same manner. Just another Ivy League whiner who envisions the perfect world, for himself.

[nathanbedford]

few have done half as much to discredit themselves as top institutions abandoning standards for easier melodramas ala Aaron Sorkin. I miss the comforting era of credible authorities as much as anyone, tried to devote my career to it, but ultimately real progressives must adapt to changing circumstances.

One wades through word after word of this lefty, self absorbed lament of the aching chasm for progressives between the world of Aaron Sorkin and the world of Bill Moyers.

A world of sexy, edgy manipulation vs. a world of vapid academic masturbation.