The Ann Arbor Anodyne

"And now for our weekend quiz. Quick now, who complained Friday that, "We are beset by instant experts on contemporary Iran."?

Give up? The Quote of the Week belongs to -– ta-da -- Juan Cole! And why is that noteworthy? C'mon! Because Prof. Cole's entire public career is the ultimate case study in Instant Expertitis. Nothing happens anywhere in the Middle East without Cole rushing to present himself as an expert on the matter, and doing so with all the accuracy of a Hezbollah missile. No matter where the action shifts, Cole is there to judge it; what he may lack in any actual knowledge he makes up for with a surfeit of smugness. "
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