''Intellectuals''

Among the many wonders to be expected from an Obama administration, if Nicholas D. Kristof of the New York Times is to be believed, is ending ''the anti-intellectualism that has long been a strain in American life.'' (Snip) Intellectuals, according to Mr. Kristof, are people who are ''interested in ideas and comfortable with complexity,'' people who ''read the classics.''

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