Here's what being smug, lazy and just not very bright looks like

Rod Dreher on Terry Teachout on Bob Hope.

Dreher gets paid for as many hits which correct him as for those if he creates something of value, so the difference between his own farts and an opera are pretty much moot to him.Why not just phone it in as he does above?

By comparison, here's what being bright, acute, diligent and incisive looks like:

Steve Sailer on Terry Teachout on Bob Hope

Of course, being obtusely wrong has long been a mainstay of Dreher's schtick anyway. When you're paid in blog hits rather than the value of the content you produce, you say "Oranges are blue!", and dozens of college sophomores immediately fight for the chance to tell you, "Nuh unh!". Civilly, of course. So I guess except for comparisons like this, how would anyone really ever tell the difference?

Being profitably lazy and stupid for a living. Nice work if you can get it.