Would Dorothea Dix be proud?
I am currently a junior in high school, which of course means I'm reading One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in English. As I'm winding my way through the mind of Chief Bromden, I am forced to wonder if things have changed much over the past fifty or so years since the book was published.
Recently, due to Presidential candidate Barack Obama's comments in Pennsylvania, elitism in government has been given a new lease on life. Variations of this insult have been used to deride "academics" and "intellectuals" since 1964, according to the recent article in The Nation called "Who Are They Calling Elitist?”
Hello, my name is Abby, and I am a liberal.
