“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” Isaac Asimov
Panta Rhei Heraclitus
In a system where we present to ourselves our presidential candidates, we are about to insist that two mentally, emotionally and morally defective nominees run against each other, and we will spend six months accusing each other of supporting the worse of the two. The smoke filled back room had its points.