Now, I've had a few friends go there, and even have a few colleagues working there, so my own notions are stained with dark smears of "reality," but the fact remains: throughout the history of this country, our political leaders are quite commonly chosen from Ivy League graduates, so it's reasonable to believe that, yes, the people going there today will be political factors in the decades to come.

      A recent survey of incoming Yale freshmen gives a nice snapshot of our political leadership in the future. Yes, there are other Ivy League schools, but I assure the gentle reader they all draw from the same pool of top candidates, and all have very similar guidelines for who they accept…take Yale as a template for what our leadership will look like in a few decades, and weep.