CLASS AND PRIVILEGE: John Scalzi takes some professors to school. To me, a real signifier of class/privilege issues can be found in the answer to this question: “Do you feel socially superior to people who nonetheless make considerably more money than you?” If the answer is yes, you’re a member of the privileged class . . . .

UPDATE: Reader Brian Gates shoots me down. “I can refute your 2:18 post in one word: Britney.” Back to the drawing board, I guess . . .