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Nothing unites like a common enemy. In that spirit, Joseph Epstein’s piece in
The Wall Street Journal this weekend which I will not link to, for fear of encouraging them was unifying. Folks from across the world of higher education reacted as if we had tasted sour milk. For once, we could all agree.
The piece is remarkable, in the same sense that a train wreck is remarkable.
The “hook” for the piece is a request that Dr. Jill Biden stop using the title “Dr.” According to Mr. Epstein, the title “sounds and feels fraudulent, not to say a touch comic.” That’s not a bad description of the piece itself.