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7/8/18

Tom Nichols Vents Again

by Tom Nichols

Tom Nichols is a professor at the Naval War College and the Harvard Extension School, and the author of “The Death of Expertise.” The tweets below appear in two threads on his Twitter feed, here and here. The views expressed here are entirely his own.

His target: People who complain that rich snooty guys in suits are to blame for the resurgence of populism.