< a HREF="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/01/what_america_doesnt_know_about.html">Richard Cohen is a pretentious prig. What is it with reporters that makes them think they're experts on everything, when they really are just dilettantes who get most of their opinions from each other? They seem to think they should be the last word on everything, when all they really do is select sources who agree with their own predilections.