Irony

is Geroge Will criticizing other people for being condescending. Isn't this the same guy who complained that Harriet Myers wasn't one of the leading lights of jurisprudence and therefore shouldn't be on the Supreme Court?

Of course, he is writing about John Kenneth Galbraith who passed away recently, who seemed to think he was as wise as he was tall, so his point is well taken. Nevertheless, one has to wonder how he can write so straight-faced about intellectuals who disparage average Americans.