A leading progressive black scholar has advanced a new theory of elites.  This is the startling claim from MSNBC contributor Jason Johnson: You want to talk a elitism right? ... You're an elite if you don't have to depend on the government at some point in your life. There are sick people out there. There are seniors out there who need federally funded cars to take them to and from place, there are people who have student loans. There is cancer research from the NSF that helps people from the entire country.  So if you can say you don't care about the government that must be great, fine for you, if you are that rich, maybe the people in the White House feels that way. But regular people -- Republicans and Democrats realize how stupid this is. I can't wait for them to make this mistake so they get wiped out in 2018 and we can have some competent Democrats and Republicans running this country. I confess that I had never heard of...(Read Full Post)