Since I seem to be just in quote mode today, here's Lileks on UMD idiotarian James Fetzer:

Some people believe that we are but a day away from torchlight rallies and death camps, that a vast pulsating mass of nascent fascism throbs right beneath the surface of American society, eager to shoot through the cracks. They will only breathe easier when a president quotes Che in his inauguration address. The world is full of these guys, and it always been - but what’s unique to our society is that these people find a home in the Universities.

When I was growing up, the term “professor” connoted respect and accomplishment. It was a name society gave to its wisest citizens.

Isn’t it funny what children believe. No matter what their age.