Not entirely relevant to the discussion here, but I did want to kind of complicate a connection I see here and in other threads between Dan's education and his supposed commentary for the thinking fan. His background in English does not and should not give his views on racism, biology, heterosexual normativity, comparative theology, etc., any more weight than we would give a career street vendor's comments about rocket science and politics. Duke is a great school, but English majors don't simultaneously undergo any kind of rigorous and sustained training in the subjects he so forcefully and pedantically engages. I doubt his time in Rockford doing play by play exposed him to that kind of stuff as well. In other words, the views rightfully criticized here and in other threads are not the profoundly nuanced views of an educated man; they are simply the views of hyperbolic, sanctimonious, elitist asshole who happens to spit into a microphone.

By the way, just to be precise, Duke is technically not an ivy league school. This doesn't make it any less of a school, nor has anyone here mentioned Duke being an ivy league school, but I just wanted to point this out. It's not like the general perception of Bernstein's intellectualism needs to be any more inflated than it already is.

I agree on Vegan, Leash, and D in C


Great stuff.

Let's just all blow each other and get it over with.

Are you really going to argue that he doesn't have well above average intelligence? It seems pretty obvious that the guy is smart but he also has the paper on the wall to back it up.

Vegan, I understand that the degree does not indicate expertise in other areas. However, it is apparent Dan has wide ranging intellectual interests that he pursues even beyond his formal education. Anyway, I assume he took classes other than English literature and Communications.

He is a few years older than me. I can verify that Duke was incredibly difficult to get into in those days. I think he is being modest. I would bet their selectivity was peaking during the early national title run days.

I'm really not going to argue the point. He seems bright to me. He has some academic credentials to support the opinion. He overreaches in his conclusions at times. We all do.

Did you get invited to Mellody Hobson's wedding?

He does not have well above intelligence. He's stated he could not have gotten into Duke with today's standards. Shit, you have a few guys in the small sample of this stupid sports message board that run circles around the guy. That doesn't scream well above average to me...