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Jim Merkel, Radical Simpleton

Power Line [1] this morning notes the case of one Jim Merkel who has just been hired at Dartmouth for a position apparently created for him called a “sustainability director”.

To give you a picture of what that task entails is a tall order, but the way to start is to look at the activities of this inDUHvidual;

Merkel — “who is currently bicycing through Spain to promote his book ‘Radical Simplicity'” — has lived “on only $5,000 a year — close to the global average income — for the past 14 years.”

Scott adds some reader comments to this post and they raise some interesting questions.

As I’ve always said, it takes a simpleton to be PC… and it takes a really Radical Simpleton to be this PC. Hey Dartmouth Parents; This is the kind of thing you’re paying for. Is this REALLY what you want?