Being opinionated at Berkeley

This might be considered political, again I'm tying to stop but old habits die hard; it really has more to do with the state of public debate in America. Thomas Friedman and Maureen Dowd stroking their egos at Berkeley. Yes you read that right! The two biggest egos in the country can get bigger if there is a whole room full of adoring Berkeley journalism students. Friedman, who is the better writer and thinker, of course sounds better. MoDo, however, is so fun because she is always incredibly self-centered. The event claims to be about being an opinion columnist in America, but it is really about why Friedman and Dowd are wonderful people. In other words it has more to do with what is wrong with public debate in America. All that is left in public debate is intellectual masturbation.