Attack of the Linx! [Part II]

Not sure how long this link will be active, but it comes as somewhat of a welcome surprise to hear the commentariat getting their heads around the deeply profound statement that maybe focusing our entire economy and educational system around feeding the brightest minds into the soulless creation of monetary wealth may, in the end, turn out to be a destriment to our health as a nation.
"These are the times that try men's resumes":

• "In a society as wounded as our own, there is something repellent about the assertions of elitism. Its most awful expression, of course, is the acquiescence of almost everybody in the dynastic ambitions of the Kennedys. I can almost not imagine a more obvious mutilation of the meritocratic ideal than the appointment of Caroline Kennedy to the United State Senate."

Quick Hits: This was cute [common sense]...This was horrifying [botched Florida]...This was insightful [economic word cloud]...