Lord Saletan

I think it was digby who started calling the various slate boys by their title, "Lord." I'm not sure exactly what she meant by it, but it seemed a proper title for a bunch of people whose rank and privilege could only be explained by inheritance rather than merit. What's constantly fascinating in a car wreck kind of way is how he writes as if he's constantly discovering new and exciting arguments and ideas that most of us thought through and dismissed about 20 years ago. I don't know if he always truly believes that he's coming up with Brilliant New Ideas That No One Ever Thought Before, or if that's just his writing style, but either way it's amusing and/or annoying as hell depending on my mood.