Cole-slaughter

Reading about the Hitchens-Cole match, which should have been stopped before it started, I was reminded of a woman I know who went to college after her kids were grown and got an undergraduate degree in business. All of sudden she started acting like she was the only person who'd ever been to college, and now an expert on everything. Cole reminds me of her. He might be accomplished in his arcane little niche, but it seems that every time I hear about him, he's criticizing someone on linguistic grounds, and really hair-splitting ones at that. He must be a barrel of fun at a cocktail party.