AMONG OUR CREDENTIALED-BUT-NOT-EDUCATED ELITE, SOMETIMES EVEN THE CREDENTIALS ARE PHONY. “The 233-year old American Academy of Arts and Sciences has announced that its longtime President and Chief Executive, Leslie Cohen Berlowitz, has agreed to resign effective at the end of this month following an investigation of charges of resume embellishment and other misconduct. Berlowitz falsely claimed to have received a doctorate from New York University, and has also been criticized for her behavior towards scholars and subordinates, and for her compensation package ($598,000 for 2012) relative to the size of the non-profit organization she led.”

From the comments: “She is clearly a victim of the patriarchy’s obsession with facts and evidence.”