[keithtoo]

As the Patron Saint of Conservatives - William F. Buckley - has said "I would rather be ruled by the first 200 names in the Boston phone book, than by the faculty of Harvard"

What this author fails to mention is that the kings of Europe did a horrible job.

I am not anti-intellectual at all, but Intellectuals, in general, need to have stiff limits put on them lest they muck everything up and lots of folks get killed.

[Atlantic Friend]

Exactly. You would think genius Kings would have seen a few things coming, like revolutions, public beheading, you know, and act accordingly.

Exactly how clever was, for our Expert on Departed IQs, the late George III ? Or Louis the 16th ?