I went to Harvard. I am, by definition, an idiot. This column exists because it takes one to know one, and lately I have been recognizing a lot of myself out there.
The subjects of this column are the people who run American public life. The columnist will write about Harvard graduates, because he is one and recognizes the technique. He will also, on occasion, write about people who did not go to Harvard, on the working theory that he knows any idiot when he sees one, whether they went to Harvard or not. The working theory is sometimes correct.
Anyone who has read this far is, by my reckoning, suspect. I include myself.
— The Harvard Idiot