Thank you for that post.
An example of why a classical education is no longer taught:
It was a great bullshit sifter.
We sorely need more classical education. It actually taught people to think.
One last thought on this post: why in the world would anyone who had been intimately involved in an Administration feel the need to affirm that their former boss is "bright" and understands the "issues"? Wouldn't that be a given?