Prof. Jonathan Adler of Case Western attends a speech given at Case by celebrity environmentalist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and blogs the hothead scion’s frothy rant (Sept. 30). (Kennedy on the media, per Adler: “They should all drink poison Kool Aid and restore integrity to their profession.”) Kennedy was widely ridiculed two years ago for repeatedly asserting that large hog-raising operations are a greater threat to American democracy than Osama bin Laden (see Apr. 19-21, 2002) and if Adler’s account is accurate, the embarrassment has by no means abated.
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