Historian Paul Johnson, in a book titled simply, "Intellectuals," chronicled the failings, deceptions and depravities of a wide range of thinkers and writers, including Jean-Jacques Rousseau, whom he described as "an intersting madman;" Henrik Ibsen, Leo Tolstoy, Bertrand Russell and Lillian Hellman.
About one of his subjects, Karl Marx, Johnson made two pertinent observations:
"He was not interested in finding the truth but in proclaiming it."
"He believed, as his poetic imagination told him, that society was on the verge of collapse."
Don't these descriptions seem equally applicable to President Barack Obama?
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