If J.D. Vance didn’t know that—of course he did—it was high time he learned. Trump’s joking about the basics of Management for Dummies was unremarkable and even a cliche. Yet Dana Milbank thought Trump’s statement was so remarkable that he authored a whole op-ed column about nothing, and the New York Times editors are so alien to the world of management and leadership that they allowed his self-beclowning essay to get into print.

To be fair, the Times and Milbank, as full members of the Axis of Unethical Conduct, feel that they have succeeded if sufficient numbers of ignorant Times readers are sent into a miasma of Trump Hate by such foolishness. To also give credit where it is due, Milbank’s column reminded me of a basic truth that is one of the main reasons for the collapse of journalism as a profession. Thanks, Dana!

It is dominated by people who are just not very bright, and who are under the delusion that they are.